Camille, congratulations on the new job! Definitely a cause for celebration and a new orchid or two is perfect along with a nice wine.
This Saturday I am going to the National Capital Orchid show with my daughter and I’m pretty excited. There are never any Neo vendors there though last year I found a nice Neo on the members table!
J&L will be there so I hope to see Cordelia again, find a nice miniature or two. It’s like visiting with an old friend, she is so sweet.
Your new Schoenorchis fragrans is a cutie! Aren’t they tiny! I remember unwrapping mine and being amazed at the size, such perfection in a small package and the blooms are amazing.
I keep my fragrans in a east facing bay kitchen window, it gets pretty red at times with sunny mornings. I turn the vase to the window until afternoon then I turn the vase towards the kitchen as I have a table top terrarium directly under that window. The light for the terrarium gives the fragrans some light throughout the day. Temps are normal room temps, mid 70s plus the heat up from morning sun. I keep the vase turned towards the kitchen until early mornings as that window faces our deck and there is a light right outside the window, little guy need it’s nightly rest and dark.
I spray the fragrans once or twice a week, only the roots and mount never on the leaves. I’ve seen many posts of fragrans in terrariums kept too wet and misted enough that the plant rotted. My plant has never lost a leaf, it’s been very healthy and strong. It hangs from the lip of the vase (Andy’s mount) and there is about an inch of space below the mount. I have 3 or 4 stones in the bottom and keep water in there. The mount never touches the water. There are a couple of roots that have grown to the bottom of the mount and I certainly don’t want it to stay wet!
The lid is not a tight fit as the wire from the mount prevents a snug fit. I put the lid on overnight and leave it on until it steams up in the morning then I remove it. Usually it only takes a couple of hours to get steamy in the small vase. I don’t want to cook it so the lid comes off and it clears up fairly soon. There is not exactly circulation inside the vase, its very small but this has never been a problem. Maybe because I don’t wet the plant itself.
Anywho, enjoy your fragrans! I’m sure it will thrive in your care and no doubt flower each year. If it should take on a red coloring from high light, it will return to the normal green as soon as you move it to a bit less light. I’ve not ever burned my plant.
Congratulations again on both plant and new job!
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