South Florida has been having brutally, fierce winds and rain the last 2 days, aka tropical storm. I have all of my plants and orchids on the patio on bakers racks. Woke up yesterday to find 2 down, a Catt. and Onc. Sweet Sugar. No broken ps.bulbs on the Catt. and since it's in Hydroton, not a big deal to repot it. My Onc. however (and which is in bloom and lost half the blooms) had 2 broken leaves and a cut/slit in the ps.bulb.
Question - should I expect that this ps.bulb will eventually die? It's got a huge lead growing and should I also expect this to die or stall?
Great suggestion.....Later that day I went to my local orchid supply store to get some more supplies and was telling the owner about my feeling nervous with these winds, keeping all my plants outdoors. She told me, "That's easy. Get yourself some bungee cords and strap them over all the plants, right on to the racks." So, I went to WalMart and bought a bunch of cords, all sizes, came home and did just that. As it turned out, the winds got worse and thankfully, I wasn't too late. Not one plant down. Sure, the winds are so heavy that the racks may have fallen but the pots would have stayed put regardless.
Bungee cords....who knew? They're great!