Gee...I don't understand. There are 28 hours in a day in my greenhouse. Those 4 extra hours really make it easy to get all the stuff done that I want to do. Gene "Ray B" <raybark@firstrays.com> wrote in message news:K8Nsi.73$mw4.33@trndny09... Knowing not to do it is not the problem. Having the time to spend on "individuals" is. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids

What works for me is to put a blue tag in the pot to indicate "do not water". Then I group all the dry stuff together on the same shelf. That group seems to be growing with the nobiles, catesetums, cycnoches, etc. Gene "Ray B" <raybark@firstrays.com> wrote in message news:6XCsi.1845$vW.964@trnddc08... I will definitely give it a try, Gene, although I have a hard time singling-out

Gene, if it's curvicaule, it's from the tropics. Still usually grows in the mountains, so cool conditions, but doesn't need as much cold as some of the more southern varieties. Depending on the extent of your interest I could scan a couple of paged on curvicaule from one of my references & post them here for you. Ross Harvey, of Cedarvale Orchids, grows magnificent speciosums. His cultural

Ray, After seeing the pics on abpo I would think it's time for you plant to have a nice cold winter and dried out. That may be what it takes to make it bloom. Gene "Ray B" <raybark@firstrays.com> wrote in message news:vursi.8631$xi.4357@trndny03... Rod Venger gave me a seedling many moons ago. It's in a basket, hung up with the vandas, and growing bigger by the 'bulb (they're

Not good, not good. I have a couple of flasks worth of plants of Den speciosum X Den Ira Butler that I was hoping to start seeing flowers on this winter. They already are the largest plants in my Den section. Sounds like it might be a few more years; more repotting and larger pots. My question is just how cold do they need to get to set spikes. I am growing them in a greenhouse which