Hola
This is my first post so hey.This is my story.Last year i bought a small yellow phal (Mystic golden leopard).It got bud blast because of the cold (at -37 who would have guessed huh)Because it was packed in the thai method (lots of sphag) all the roots rotted off by my zealous overwatering.I bet the treatment didnt help either.After a bit of research i stopped watering so much and moved it bit back from my west window.i watered only when the sphag was almost crunchy. it went on like this for about 6 months and i kinda forgot about it apart from watering.then in june i bought a white phal.i reppoted it and chopped the dead roots right when i got it.Big mistake.all the flowers dropped off apart from a flower and a fat bud. needless to say it looked silly with 2 flowers.Anyways i got on some forums and got some good help.I only find that the ones with a lot of traffic move too fast and you dont get answers. i have been researching orchids and their culture everyday for a few hours since june.now im really hooked and want to make a large order from a lady in ottawa (i live in canada)i want some plants that suit my conditions well. im in a second story appartment where its always hot and humid even in winter.An elderly lady downstars heats like crazy.i would love to get a few new phals.i would like phal violacea sumatra,phal bellina (violacea borneo)and phal gigantea.Im ordering a sharry baby for sure.i also love dend unicum for its smell (oranges).i really crack for paphs with long sepals like eugene conroy.i really love the insigne too.i want a few cats too.love the schilleriana.i would love some zygopetalums.i know im going crazy but hey.they will be put on a west window with evening sun.i also will be installing 2 four foot shop lights which will equal to four fluorescent tubes.i wanted to know what you guys would suggest for my conditions.thanks