Hello from new member, John, in Los Angeles
Hello, I am brand new to the Orchid Board. I found you while looking for some high light requirement info for my trial Vanda that is quickly losing all of its leaves. I discovered how far off I was in what its requirements are, so I'll see if I can arrest the problem.
That is a good illustration of where I am as an orchid hobbyist, if I qualify for that term, yet. I started four years ago with an $8.00 phalaenopsis from Trader Joe's I bought as a cut flower substitute. I kept it after the blooms dropped and followed the short culture instructions on the label. Well, the plant bloomed again. Most of my friends said that I was just bringing my long-term garden success into my new apartment.
I tried a few more; got a few a gifts, mostly phalaenopsis and a couple of Intergenetics (a real mystery term at the time). I kept them all alive and got fair blooming success. Now, if you look at my profile you'll see I have bought one of nearly every basic kind that has a chance in an apartment.
I have nice, medium light in my dining room window all afternoon, and very bright light diffused through the pebbled glass of my bathroom window.
So, I'm off. I had told myself I didn't miss my very large garden my partner and I created and then sold with the house after 18 years. But now that I'm falling into orchid culture rather precipitously, I'm feeling much of the aesthetic acquisitiveness I once had for every good rose I encountered. It's great fun, and nobody is shaking his or her head.
So, this seems like a good place to get my feet even wetter, and still be able to find some help in the real deep water.
John
PS: any further help on that poor Vanda?
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