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28 Apr 2013
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"Christmas" orchid???

I received an orchid as an early Christmas gift and it produced several large beautiful flowers, The foliage is just now starting to turn yellow and the outer leaves have begun to droop. I have heard everything from leaving it be to watering more, watering less, dig it up, feed it more, this that...
14 Feb 2013
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just a 'little' cheat
Orchid, Phalaenopsis, white with pink Blooming
Well, here we are on bloom day and my new white with pink orchid is blooming. It’s bloom day and it’s blooming. That’s not cheating. The cheating part is that I’m using a picture from last weekend. Nissy needed a picture of it for his blog post on Sunday and he needed ...
14 Jan 2013
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Bloom Day January 2013
Dendrobium nobile cv. Blooming, Clivia miniata Budding, and Tulip 'Aladdin' Breaking Dormancy
And a very cold bloom day it is too. But a happy Caitlin I am this week for some reason. I think work has been more varied, even though personal relationships there are a bit… weird… well, no weirder than usual, I’m just frustrated about the situation (see previous journals) and...
Overcast 2°C / 36°F
14 Jan 2013
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it's hard to believe...
Orchid, Phalaenopsis, white with lemon, miniature Blooming
It’s hard to believe but my white orchid is STILL blooming. Has been for over a month. In fact, I used if for both the December and January bloom days. The open flowers are still pristine. I see, however, that the last bud appears to be dying and won’t open. That happened within t...
11 Nov 2012
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Writing About Orchids Will Make Me Feel Better
Odontocidium 'Hansueli Isler' Budding, Phalaenopsis 'Pink' Branching, and Huernia Macrocarpa Growing
Ah, and I will dreamily think about my ultimate future aspiration: growing orchids commercially… well, it has been my goal for six months now, so that’s pretty good going. In fact, I can’t really remember having any long term, growing-old aspirations before, so this is progress....
Heavy Drizzle 6°C / 43°F

orchid group conversations

1 Is it truly possible to monitor the different needs of your orchids? in the Orchids group Posted by vnshiju 6 months ago. Last reply by Tralamander 6 months ago.
3 How do you do your orchids? in the Orchids group Posted by Empress about 1 year ago. Last reply by Empress about 1 year ago.
2 Orchidologist? in the Folia Badges group Posted by Tralamander over 1 year ago. Last reply by Tralamander over 1 year ago.

orchid gardens

Terrarium garden

Zone 9a My sweet Aunt Tanya gave me this already constructed terrarium as a housewarming gift for moving into my parents’ house. I uprooted everythi...
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The Nest Balcony garden

Zone 12b This balcony became a garden to give refuge to plants which can’t stand the vagaries of an open terrace. I now have a handful of plants which...
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Neofinetia falcata garden

Zone 10 As my orchid collection grows and continues to get moved around until it or I finds its perfect little niche, I figured it would easier to group ea...
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Nehrling Orchid garden

Zone 9b Even though it was the Nally family (second owners) who did most of the work with orchids at Palm Cottage, orchids are part of the heritage of Nehr...
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Orchid Collection garden

Zone 5 I love orchids. I really, really do. I went through a winter where I managed to kill most of my collection, and the survivors were gifted to my m...
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Orchid Orchid Orchids garden

Zone 5a
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[Archived] Orchid garden

Zone 4b I guess I have started an Orchid obsession and have renamed this my Orchid Garden.
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Balcony garden

Zone 10b I’ve started converting our balcony, which is enclosed with glass windows, into an odd hybrid of desert and rainforest. (because I like succu...
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Dungeon Window garden

Zone 9b
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Terarriums and vivariums garden

Zone 8b I have three terrariums set up in the basement, alonf grow lights and windowsill plants. I’m currently growing tropical pitcher plants, sunpi...
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