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Re: Tropical Plants

Keith Dabney wrote:
> 
> Greetings Bonnie Szarek,
>         Welcome to the list! (You are new to this listserv, aren't you?).


Hi Keith,

Yes, I am new to this listserv.


>         What are some of the orchids which you have tried, and/or are
> currently trying to rebloom?  I  hope to compile a list of good beginner
> orchids one of these days, from lists which I have been saving and
> compiling in my reading about orchids.  I will try to compile a list soon, of
> the orchids which I am growing partly because they were recommnended as
> good ones for beginners, both "rank" and "relative".

I currently have a miniature dendrobium which has not bloomed for over 2
years.  I have 2 paphiopedilums; I was able to get one to rebloom once
but it's been a couple of years since it last bloomed.  I have 3
cymbidiums (I recently heard that they need cold to set buds so I'm
going to leave outside longer this year.)  I have a cattleya which I've
had for about 3 years.  And I bought a phalaenopsis this past Spring
which just finished blooming about a month ago.  I had a phalaenopsis
several years ago but was unable to get that one to rebloom and it
eventually died.  All the orchids I have tried were blooming when I
first got them except for the cattleya which was a division someone gave
me.    As you can tell, I haven't given up trying to grow orchids.


> 
>         Have you tried the reed-stemmed epidendrums?  They grows indoors
> or outdoors here, although most people grow them outdoors.  They are a
> good choice, although definately not a miniature.  Many people also
> recommend hybrid slipper orchids (genus Paphiopedilum) as good beginner
> plants.


I'm not familiar with epidendrums.


> 
>         Well, that's all for now.  Let us know more about what you are
> growing, and about what orchids you have, and how you are gowing them.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Keith Dabney
> San Fransisco


Some of the other plants I am growing are anthurium (also started from
seed several years ago and now has 6 blooms), streletzia, spathophyllum,
camellia, orange, lemon and grapefruit trees which all bear fruit (last
year I got more than 30 lemons from the 3' tree), epiphyllum oxypetalum
(Night Blooming Cereus), a red flowered epiphyllum, andhibiscus
rosa-sinensis.  This Spring I bought a mandavillia which now has many
flowers and I'm hoping it will continue to do well when I have to bring
it inside for the winter.  I have a sunroom on the south side of our
house which becomes crowded with plants in the winter.


Bonnie in Connecticut
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