[tina jacobs]

i feel like chucking my orchids away every one that I have spoken to (nursery and the guy who has been breeding orchids for twenty five years make it sound like I will never succeed. I need some help I live in South Africa Rustenburg we have a very hot dry climate although I stay next to a big dam in the winter it is so cold that we need a fire place and a heater to stay warm because of the water. I have bought myself phal and cymbidiums and a slipper. the guy at the nursery said I probably wont ever see my phal bloom again but he came across as a bit "you wont be able to do it cause you don’t know enough" kind of guy I don’t know where to start could some one please tell me what are the Basic rules when it comes to phal and the slipper the breeder said that i should come back in sept and he will show me how to repot my phal and slipper the nursery guy said that you cant repot them they don’t like it. HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE ONE SAYS UDE THIS FERTILIZER THE OTHER SAYS NO IT WILL KILL IT

I decided to go with an organic type pelican poop.. it stinks really bad but the breeder said he uses it

I really have fallen in love with my phal and really want them to bloom again

oh ja the breeder told me that i should never cut my phals after they have bloom and leave the stem to dry off by it self I am so confussed that I just want to give up i am so discouraged