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What type of plants are you interested in growing? This poll is closed. |
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| Perennials! |
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142 | 20.91% |
| Annuals! |
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30 | 4.42% |
| Woody plants! |
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62 | 9.13% |
| Succulent plants! |
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171 | 25.18% |
| Tropical plants! |
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60 | 8.84% |
| Non-vascular plants are the best! |
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31 | 4.57% |
| Screw you, I'd rather eat them! |
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183 | 26.95% |
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Anyone grow orchids on this board? I have a whole bunch of different plants from different species that I grow down here in FL.
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Jun 19, 2013 17:55
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It's harder to do unless you live in a part of the country/world where you can get adequate light, heat, and humidity. I live in Central FL and I can grow my plants outdoors basically all year. But I know plenty of people elsewhere in the country that have to have a greenhouse or indoor setup because it gets too cold in the fall/winter. You also need to know how to water plants properly and get enough drainage. A lot of people kill your garden variety phalenopsis by either putting them in a pot with no drainage or overwatering them. If you overwater too much the roots will rot. I currently grow phalenopsis hybrids (standard type of orchid you see everywhere), dendrobiums (one species, a couple of hybrids), vandas (mostly grown bare-root in baskets), cattleyas (very popular because they produce the largest flowers), and oncidium hybrids. I have one paphopedalum (slipper orchid), although I don't have much experience with those as much yet.
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Jun 20, 2013 17:41
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I will add though that it's relatively hard to kill orchids, they can take a lot of punishment due to the strong hybrid plants people grow now. Most of them can survive if they have just one root left.
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Jun 20, 2013 17:45
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Sometimes orchids will spike flowers before they die as an attempt to procreate. But it's hard to know without seeing the condition of the plants.
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Jun 21, 2013 02:54
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That doesn't look like a cattleya to me... That info on the tag is generally the name of the hybrid, and sometimes the person who came up with it. Or the species if that applies.
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Jun 24, 2013 18:08
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I bought this Vanda over the weekend, it's a pretty hard to find hybrid. It's fragrant.
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Jun 26, 2013 00:37
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Your orchid is fine, everything it's doing is normal. I also agree that you should hold off on cutting off spikes until they are no longer green. I've had several phalenopsis grow new buds on the same spikes.
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Aug 13, 2013 15:17
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Azuth0667 posted:Anyone have a suggestion for a low maintenance orchid that's okay with zone 5b? Its going to be a gift and I'm not sure how good the person is with plants so something that can tolerate a little bit of neglect would be ideal.
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Sep 30, 2013 15:10
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Yes, and the hybrids sold in stores can deal with colder temperatures to an extent.
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Oct 1, 2013 13:58
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That's a keiki. Totally new plant.
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Nov 8, 2013 16:17
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Scale is terrible, I know in the orchid community we generally suggest discarding any plants with bad scale infestations, because it can spread rapidly.
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Nov 13, 2013 15:00
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