Hey all, thanks for the advice. I'm all moved in now. The apartment is lovely. Unfortunately the weather is dreadful. It has been nearly 100 F for the last few days. We'll see how the orchids like it. They spent a couple days inside next to an open sliding door. Now I've got some (phals, a small max, and a Brassada) inside in a south window, and I've got the rest outside on the balcony, but I have to keep an eye on them and keep them well shaded, which is kind of inconvenient. I'm going to have to figure out some sort of shade cloth for them, whether we hang it from the gutter or do something else. So far, I've sunburnt one plant, LC Ken Battle "Gold Crown". One little spot on it is all though, on the oldest leaf. THe rest seem fine, but I notice the leaves get quite warm during the day, which I don't like. It's supposed to cool down next week, high 80's to mid 90's. HAHAHAHA "cool down".
The move went well, the orchids spent two days in the back of my Grand Am, and we were cruising along at 70 mph with the windows wide open for the most part. It's really humid here of course, so they like that. It was humid in Michigan too...we weren't too far from Lake Mich, so that kept it pretty damp. It's just the sun is so much more intense here. I think the orchids will survive but I don't know if I will!
