Anybody know the name of this?

[cb977]

One of the hardest things for any nobile den grower is to stop the watering...we are automatically programmed to do it. The first year was excruciatingly hard for me to not water so I did and as you say, it grew fine...but that's not what we're "supposed" to do.

I've been growing 'chids for two years and I have done LOTS of research and reading on the subject...I have fully and totally lost my mind when it comes to the 'chids

The two most important thngs I've learned are:

1. Gather all the info you can, from a number of different sources and then take your "conditions" into consideration before applying what you think will work for you in your situation

2. When you are listing your "conditions", take TIME into consideration. I think too many people don't realize how much extra time and effort are involved in growing certain 'chids. In my mind, you can control light, temperature and humidity...but if you don't have the time to do it, you're sunk!

This coming November 1, why not try this:
put one of your nobile dens into bright light and don't water or feed. Just an occasional light mist, like the overflow from misting a plant next to it...and continue caring for the other(s) the way you've done this year. When spring comes, compare the two and you will be able to judge how you should be caring for them in your conditions.

I am by no means an expert but my plants do pretty well I've taken "a little of this" and "a little of that" from all I've read on the care of orchids and adjusted it to work for me

If you try the experiment, let us know how it goes

[quiltergal]

Great idea! It sounds very intriguing. I can take one out to my quilting studio. I have a shelf under a large west facing window. It stays pretty cool in there during the winter say 40degrees far. unless I'm in there working. DS used to keep one of his nobiles out there in the winter and it was always a prolific bloomer. I'll need to remember to go out and mist it when I do the weekly water on the others. I'll try it next winter and report back.

[cb977]

[quiltergal]

Hey, I just cruised your photos. Wowzer! I'm in awe of your Vanda collection! I have one sad little vanda. It was planted in crushed lava rock when I bought it from a local grower. It appeared to be healthy, but every time I watered it I noticed little white flies come crawling out of the media. A few months later it started dropping leaves. I immediately pulled it out of the pot and discovered it had nearly no root system left. I don't know if the flies were the culprit or if I was overwatering. It's planted in coco husk now and it still has about 5 leaves left on it. It's still loose in the pot so I know it hasn't done much in the way of root regeneration. Do you think it's savageable?

[Shadow]

I've done that for my nobiles last winter. And I didn't noticed any difference at the end.