What is your greatest sacrifice for your orchid.

[Jef09071984]

Hi Jeffrey, my kababayan. It's nice meeting you here. I'm from the Visayas. Good job!!!!! You are brave. I love my orchids but I don't think I would risk myself like that. I remember how it's like when there's a typhoon. I miss my orchids though some of my collections were from when I was 9 years old.

Hi , how long you been in the states? Where actually in visayas?

[mykidschids]

Ania, I like your pictures, everything is beautiful in there! I cut up a good size tree branch and my husband cemented it to a pot but I cut the length to half because I was gonna put it on a small table by a window but now compared to yours mine is so hideous,lol. I should have left it alone. Well, good job, Ania. I'm so sad right now one of my Vanda jennae is dying :-((

[mykidschids]

Hi , how long you been in the states? Where actually in visayas?

....small island of Siquijor. I've been here for 15 years.

[Ania]

Ania, I like your pictures, everything is beautiful in there! I cut up a good size tree branch and my husband cemented it to a pot but I cut the length to half because I was gonna put it on a small table by a window but now compared to yours mine is so hideous,lol. I should have left it alone. Well, good job, Ania. I'm so sad right now one of my Vanda jennae is dying :-((

Sorry to hear about your vanda...Vandas are just about impossible to grow well on windowsill. Mine is actually Asco. Princess Micasa "Pink" and it has lower light requirements then vandas. I also keep mine outside for the summer and I think that is what makes it flower. Maybe consider a replacement for your sick vanda.

[mykidschids]

Hi Ania, I still have 7 of them, but the fact that I started with 12 seedlings and now I'm down to 7 is just so depressing. I don't know what to do whether to leave them in the clay pots with the fir barks already in there OR take them out and mount each of them to a piece of wood, like what I would have done if I were in the Philippines. Any ideas???? Anybody pls help ????? :-((( huhuhu..........My husband said he's going to make me a small green house in the spring but that's 4/5 months away though. Right now they're by my south facing window in my bedroom. I don't have any Asco. yet maybe I should consider getting one in the future.

Sue

[Teena]

I'm also curious about this also since walnut trees are hard to plant under since they leach some chemical in the ground around the tree that kills most flowering plants - martha

How do walnut branches work for mounting(orchids). Matt? Do you take the bark off? I am assuming the branches are long lasting but do the plants like them? There are some wild walnut trees here and I have been thinking about using them for mounting... Thank you in advance.

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[opaline]

wow Ania! Glad my subtle hint worked. After my own heart! Lovely pics thanks!Fascinating to look at growers collections and gro- situ. There is so much said without words for your sunroom, love the focal point of the tree and your collection. Actually was close to how I imagined! Will look great as vanilla matures. It would skyrocket if the aerial roots had a moist media surface to attach to as it climbs, but thats another brain ache entirely.

[opaline]

I'm also curious about this also since walnut trees are hard to plant under since they leach some chemical in the ground around the tree that kills most flowering plants - martha

Not really sure about the chemical bit Martha, didnt even know that as a plant 'fact' for its survival and defence, all i know roots didnt show signs of toxicity as they flattened and clung. Still ok. Definetly walnut though, owner sacrificed it for a driveway! I wonder if walnut plants feared those strangler figs in nature as a threat?. Use caution Tom!!Glad Martha pointed it out early.!not sure about ones by you.!!!make sacrifices for orchids, dont sacrifice orchids for the wood.

[Jef09071984]

Hi Ania, I still have 7 of them, but the fact that I started with 12 seedlings and now I'm down to 7 is just so depressing. I don't know what to do whether to leave them in the clay pots with the fir barks already in there OR take them out and mount each of them to a piece of wood, like what I would have done if I were in the Philippines. Any ideas???? Anybody pls help ????? :-((( huhuhu..........My husband said he's going to make me a small green house in the spring but that's 4/5 months away though. Right now they're by my south facing window in my bedroom. I don't have any Asco. yet maybe I should consider getting one in the future.

Sue

Maybe you should try a terrarium, create a humid environment for them ( vanda loves humid) and put a small fan to circulate the air and strong lights as vanda love bright lights

[Jef09071984]

....small island of Siquijor. I've been here for 15 years.

wow, does Siquijor have endemic orchid species?