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greenfreak
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Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
It started with one innocent Phalenopsis orchid from Trader Joe's. Now I have 21 of them in my living room.
This is the empty case, last year:
The full case, last year (16 orchids):
The case, last month (23 orchids):
I know people who have thousands, THOUSANDS! of orchids. So as long as I'm only in double-digits, I feel better. 
Anyone else garden or grow orchids??
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Posted 10/25/06 8:18 PM  |
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sami
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
wow i use to be florist they are very hard to bloom they are beautiful .. now is that case made for the orchids?
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:21 PM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
Yup! It's from orchidarium.com. I have 6 hot/cool fluorescents, two fans, a hygrometer/thermometer, and a humidifier. Besides watering them once a week with weak fertilizer and misting the mounted ones daily, I don't have to do anything else! It's great, I love it.
This was my old setup, a 27 gallon aquarium! 
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:25 PM |
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Kathy116
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
I've been growing orchids for years, and love them!!!
I honestly don't do anything but water them once a week in spring, and once every 10-12 days in the winter. I think mine do very well because I have a lot of natural light in my house.
Bayport flower house used to carry some really exotic orchids, but I haven't seen any in a while.
Just a few:
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:31 PM |
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sami
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
You are just too much of a green thumb right about now enjoy them they are beautiful
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:32 PM |
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sami
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
omg iam so going to traders joes and getting one tomorrow....
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:33 PM |
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
Posted by greenfreak
Yup! It's from orchidarium.com. I have 6 hot/cool fluorescents, two fans, a hygrometer/thermometer, and a humidifier. Besides watering them once a week with weak fertilizer and misting the mounted ones daily, I don't have to do anything else! It's great, I love it.
This was my old setup, a 27 gallon aquarium!
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You could grow some good marijane in there.
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:34 PM |
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
Kathy, they're beauties! The one on the top right, the paphiopedilum, is that a 'black cherry'? I love them, I wanted to get one but haven't gotten around to it yet.
Have you ever been to the NY International Orchid Show at Rockefeller Center? I've been going for 3 years, I love it!
Sami, do you have any windows that face south? Anything that you find in Trader Joe's will most likely want that kind of sun exposure.
OTG, the quesadilla delivery guy said the very same thing to me the first time he saw my orchidarium. Even started asking me technical questions about it, where I got it. 
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:38 PM |
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sami
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
thanks greenfreak
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:40 PM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
Some of my previous bloomers:
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:40 PM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
Posted by sami
thanks greenfreak
Let us know what you get! They usually have the orchid in a plastic pot, inside a terracotta pot. The name is written on the side of the plastic pot.
The middle photo above is a Trader Joe orchid.
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:41 PM |
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Kathy116
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
Posted by greenfreak
Kathy, they're beauties! The one on the top right, the paphiopedilum, is that a 'black cherry'? I love them, I wanted to get one but haven't gotten around to it yet.
Have you ever been to the NY International Orchid Show at Rockefeller Center? I've been going for 3 years, I love it!
Sami, do you have any windows that face south? Anything that you find in Trader Joe's will most likely want that kind of sun exposure.
OTG, the quesadilla delivery guy said the very same thing to me the first time he saw my orchidarium. Even started asking me technical questions about it, where I got it.
I haven't been to the Orchid Show, every time it comes around I'm either committed to something else, or I just simply miss it because I forget.
Your set up is very sophisticated, very impressive.
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| Posted 10/25/06 8:53 PM |
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
Wow they are beautiful! I had 5 plants but now I am down to 1. I am not doing well with them at all. I would love to get into growing them. I went to the Orchid show at the NY botanical gardens back in May I think it was. It was great.
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| Posted 11/1/06 5:48 PM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Any gardeners here? Orchid growers?
Sami, did you ever pick up that orchid?
Irish, I love the NYBG - I go there a few times a year. I've never been to their orchid show because they make photographers come on a weekday and pay extra!
I've been to the NY International Orchid Show at Rockefeller Center the past three years though. That show is insane, I love it!
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