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Originally Posted by mexorchid
They have so many flowers!!! How do you get them to do that? Do you give them hormones? Mine just get 4-5 flowers...
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Nope, no growth hormone. just Grow More Orchid 20-10-20. I did fertilize them full strength every week (or half strength twice a week) last summer since they were growing so much (they've all put on 4-5 leaves since last year) and then only every few weeks when temperatures dropped and none during blooming season. My north window is hot high 90s to low 100s and get 1000-1500 fc for most of the day almost every day. Every plant produced spikes with multiple branches and some sent even up two spikes. Though I had to cut some spikes off a couple that I needed to focus on regrowing their root system (because oops not enough watering or too much, I'm still a newbie myself).
Of course, my clay pots built up so much salt that I skipped fertilizing them the last few months. That and my kittens kept trying to eat the sphagnum moss and stick their heads in to taste the water when I was soaking them and I worried about poisoning them since they were so tiny then. So, if I get less blooms next year, I'll know why.