I too will be downsizing my collection, but I'm going to wait until Jan or Feb, when, if things go as they have for the past 4 years, I will have 28 phals in spike and bloom. They will be much easier to give away if they are in flower.
For me, I have begun an additional project in hopes to make it a business, and I just don't have the time, and like some of you here, there are days when it's more of a chore and it is enjoyment.
I also have to admit a strange quirk in my character, or brain (not sure which) but once I have something down, and am confident in what I'm doing, I tend to move on...AHHH. This is not to say by any means that I have growing orchids 'down'-I could spend a lifetime learning, but as far as getting my phals to spike and bloom reliably every year, well, it's just not as exciting as it once was, and this kind of plays against the drive to spend as much time as I have caring for them. Awful to admit, yes?
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