Hi my name is Kelly and my boyfriend and I have become obsessed with orchids. Our collection is 50 and growing... We were living in south central Florida. We recently moved to Chicago for a minute, but then moved on to Raleigh North Carolina. We've received and taken lots of advice, but, as many people will say our process has been a huge trial and error experience. Hopefully we can help someone else in the same boat!
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Vandaceous mystery orchid
We were told this vanda is orange. We assume it is an ascocentrum because it is small. It came to us in a 6" wooden basket with the roots wrapped around in the basket and a few roots attached to the basket. When we first got it we sprayed it every day, but the leaves just started to shrivel and look really sad. It also got a pretty bad sunburn when it had to go to a babysitter for a short trip we made. We started spraying it twice a day to see if the shrivelling was just a moisture problem. The leaves plumped back up. We decided to put a few bigger chunks of bark, a couple cut up wine corks, and a tiny bit of moss in the basket with the roots to keep the humidity up. The medium still dries out in a couple of hours so it hasn't caused any rot problems. Now we only have to spray it once a day and the leaves haven't been shrivelling. It has put on a couple of new leaves since we got it which is always exciting. I have been spraying it daily with the Dyna Gro- Grow fertilizer that we use on all our plants when we water. Vandas are supposed to be heavy feeders, the concentration of this fertilizer type is only 7-9-5, and because they are not in medium they need more heavy feeding anyways. We are just hoping for more growth and hopefully flowers soon!
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