Mike, I think I'm going to subscribe to the same theory as you, "less is more" and save myself some money while at it. Or additionally, maybe I'll do the blooming fertilizer now for the Phals just through winter and that's it. I'll just keep worming it up for now. I have a huge Dend. that won't quit spiking and flowering. It fell off a shelf during a storm not long ago and I lost over 50% of the flowers and one psbulb
. It's now ready to blossom again where the spikes were lost. It's never been fertilized.
OR, maybe I'll do what Tobi does, every 4-5 weeks.
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Originally Posted by Tobi  My ignorance continued through the next year and the same thing happened again. More keikis!! Finally after reading up on this and joining our local orchid society, I cut back on my fertilizing to every 4-5 weeks (unless they are actively growing or spiking) during this time. I now have blooms twice a year and many keikis which are maturing. |