I had never had Orchids until my husband came back from a business trip and brought back cut Orchids from Bangkok and and then I became hooked on these beautiful flowers.
I was amazed how long the cut flower Orchids lasted. I can remember still having some blooms left after 6 weeks! Having got the bug, I started looking at Pot Orchids and started to buy.
Let me share what I have had over the years, some I have lost but I am now happy to say that I can get re-blooms consistently on my Phalaenopsis plants. It is so exciting!
I have it down to a find art now and feed my Orchids according to this simple advice:
When pots are light and roots are white…
its time to feed to make them bright!
I have also had Dendodriums and Cambria but so far no re-blooms yet. I did have a Cymbidium one year but didn’t have much luck - I may try again sometime.
I also had this Odontonia in 2009
Cymbiudium 2008
A birthday gift in 2010
Miltonia
Another Miltonia
Dendodrium
My only success with Vanda but bloom never opened then finally a pleasant surprise…
when she did
This one of my re-bloom Orchids
My new Dendodrium
You have some lovely orchids. I recently caught the bug after being bought a Phalaenopsis last year. I've been able to bring it back into flower, but it took most of the year! Last year I even experimented with hand pollinating if as I found the process so interesting! If you have a moment, I blogged about it here: http://notesofnature.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/phalaenopsis-hand-pollination.html
ReplyDeleteThank you Tim for your wonderful comment.
ReplyDeleteIts so exciting when one can get their Orchids to rebloom,I shall check out your blog.
Look forward to you posting again on Trowels
You're right, it really is exciting. I can't tell you how amazing it felt to see that a flower stalk was finally appearing rather than another root!
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