| I have but ONE of these - thought I'd try one to see what kind of challenges they might present. I got it a year and a half ago with two flower buds. I put it in my NE office window and both buds turned brown and fell off. :-( I decided it obviously didn't like this environment so took it home and put it with my other plants under the lights. It was looking VERY good - foliage wise, but nary another bud as it was probably not getting enough light. As you have noted - everyone says lots of water - in fact many people actually grow them in a saucer of water all the time - very wet feet - evidently they live naturally in boggy areas along streams and such? Anyway, I decided to put it outside this late spring with my other light starved orchids and I promptly killed about a third of the leaves and turned the remainder a nice light colored green. Will see this winter or next spring if my change of tactics will coerce a bud out of there? If I was smart I would probably give this plant to someone who has a greenhouse with lots of humidity. Well.......we'll perhaps learn how to do this "together". Enjoy! mike  |