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Originally Posted by kmarch  Hi gummie and welcome to the fourm.
First thing, forget almost EVERYTHING the florist said....
Is all of that helpful? I hope so and hopefully this time next year you'll be telling us how beautifully your Cymbidium has rebloomed for you!
Cheers,
-Kevin |
first off, thank you so much for all the information. orchids are one of my favorite flowers and i really didn't want to kill the first plant i actually got. about the putting ice on the plant on sunday thing: the florist had told my husband that i was suppose to put ice cubes on it every sunday as a way of watering it (meaning watering it only once a week) and doing it that way wouldn't cause me to flood it and make it wilt. i'm not too sure about putting it outside for two reasons though: one, the area i live in dosen't have a lot of shade anywhere except on the front porch (which faces east ironicly....) and secondly, i live in a bit of a bad area and i'm worried about it getting stolen....although my neighbor does have some hanging plants outside that have been there for awhile and they seem to be okay, so it might not be a bad idea....also the tag i got with the plant says it needs "30-10-10" fertilizer in the spring and summer and "6-30-30" fertilizer in the fall and winter once a month. is that the correct kind and how often i need to fertilize it? and when i first re-pot it, would it be a good idea just to plant it in fertilizer instead of potting soil? (i'm not sure because that's what i've done with all my other plants and they're doing pretty well from it)