Hello from S. New Jersey

[Swamprat]

Originally Posted by Lilavati

I did have a supposedly "harlequin" white and purple orchid that when it bloomed was nearly all purple and very little white . . . but I don't think that's what's wrong . . . I think you have a white orchid that someone thought was a purple one . . . its sort of hard to tell if they aren't blooming! My guess is that the tags got mixed up in the store, or that the rest of the shipment was purple so its was assumed it would also be purple. But white is pretty too, and if you really want a purple one as well, they are easy to come by.

Which direction does your window face?

Here in New Jersey they say that a plant that needs direct or alot of sunlight should be placed in a South facing window. My Phal (as well as my Bonsai trees) are next to my sink in the kitchen under a North window. I am currently trying to talk the rest of my household into letting me put them in the living room under a south window but I am very hesitant because I have two dogs and a cat. The dogs put their paws on the window sill and bark at traffic and the cat likes to lay in the window sill. My plants seem to be well where they are but that North window in the kitchen is filling up fast. I haven't moved them because this is the only window in the house without something in front of it.