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Re: orchids

At 11:55 PM 11/29/98 EST, ECPep@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 11/25/98 10:07:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>Piabinha@aol.com writes:
>
><< many will grow better in cool environments (some are even hardy in your
>zone),
> others strictly tropical... i grow dendrobium species, cattleya hybrids,
> epidendrums, some vandaceous, some paphs that never bloom (sigh!), etc...
>for >>
>
>Tsuh Yang,
>
>We will be visiting an orchid house in Connecticut soon.  I hope to become
>informed on cool house species and will start with a few this winter.  The
>winter indoor plant activity is a great pleasure to me.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>East Nassau, NY z4
>
>
>
Hi,everyone,

When I subscribed to this list I stated I have orchids but hardly anyone
was interested. So, I was "lurking" all that time. But now - I can hardly
believe, somebody grows orchids too! 

Let me then repeat what I have.

First, I can only keep warm growing ones. I can't provide cool room. So, I
have few laelias, and mostly cattleya hybrids. I also have 8 paphs, one
dendrobium. I keep 25 or so cattleyas outside all sping, summer and fall
and bring them in before frost. They have to suffer by the windows. Under
the lights, I have 40 phalenopsis, but there is no room for cattleyas. 

All of those plants bloom very reliably, every year. Now, I have one
cattleya hybrid (with Horace) that has first two buds ever (I got it 10
years ago as a tiny, 2 inch plant at Franks Nursery) I'm so exited, I can't
wait to see it! It suppose to be exeptional quality flower. It should open
in a week. 

I'm happy, that I can exchange the news with knoledgeable people.

Barbara 
Illinois
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