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08-29-2007, 07:21 AM
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 New to Orchid group Hello I live in Queensland Australia.I know nothing about orchids at all. I have an orchid that has been attached to a board for about 10 years. I bought it at a local market. During that time it has flowered a couple of times, with long stems of small white flowers.I am not sure what sort of orchid it is, may be a Denrobium. Recently we have had one week of rain and I notice the leaves have become speckled with black dots. But lo and behold a new flower spike. I am very excited about this. I know nothing about orchid care at all and wonder if I should fertilise the plant. I have never fertilised it in all the years I have had it attached to the board in the garden. We have sub tropical weather here, very hot and humid in summer. This winter has been quite cool. It sits under some citrus trees, and we have recently cut these back - perhaps this may have brought more light to the plant - hence the flower spike. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. ~Pat      |
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08-29-2007, 07:39 AM
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| Hello and welcome to the forum. You'll notice a few Aussies here. I'm in Melbourne. This is the season for kingianum and other Aussie Native Dendrobiums to be in bud and bloom. If you can post a pic of your plant when it blooms we might be able to identify it for you. There are a few possibilities if it is white so we'll need to see the flower. Your cold wet winter explains the black spots on the leaves. The combination of cold and wet can cause fungal or bacterial spotting. Good air circulation can reduce the likelihood of this kind of spotting. Cheers
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08-29-2007, 08:55 AM
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| Welcome to the forum! You'll find lots of help I am sure! I would love to see the pics of your orchid. Especially since you have it mounted. I am thing of doing it myself and looking for ideas.
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08-29-2007, 05:48 PM
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| Thank you so much for my welcome, The orchid is not growing on any special board at all, just one that my husband had in the shed.....Obviously the orchid must have liked it because it is still alive despite our lack of knowledge... and it does deserve much more attention than we have given it..,I will post a picture when I can. ~Pat |
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08-29-2007, 10:09 PM
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| Thank you Tobi for my welcome... today I will take a digital photo of the orchid how it looks, and one.. (when I find it LOL!!) taken when it was in full flower a couple of years ago. ~Pat |
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08-29-2007, 10:37 PM
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| welcome to another Aussie ( Patiom )  I hope that you enjoy your stay here with us  you will find a great lot of knowledge here with our friendly members and also within the forum. Just for our over seas members can you please go into your user settings and update your Profile with your Location. That will help the members with giving you the right information  |
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08-30-2007, 12:18 AM
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| Thank you Fred for your welcome, and I am glad to hear that you are in Australia too. How do I attach a couple of pics of the orchid I am enquiring about and asking for advice.? Thank you everyone too for my welcome. Pat |
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08-30-2007, 01:24 AM
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| click on the Manage Attachments and a window will open click on Browse that will take you to the pictue folder on your pc. Find the pic you wish to upload click and open and you will go back to the Manage Attachment box when you see Text entered in one of the boxes click upload. |
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08-30-2007, 01:29 AM
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| Hope you didn't lose any in the recent downpours Pat. An Adelaidian welcomes you also. We have a "Post Your Photo" section too, so we all can put a face to a name, hint, hint. BTW, I digress a little while on the subject of posting a photo of yourself. Pikevi We are waiting, the Monkinator is getting an itchy trigger finger............
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08-30-2007, 01:31 AM
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| Thank you Jay for that information.Very helpful I did look around the home page etc and found a way to upload images - one now posted in the photo group. Also one in the pest and disease photos. Pat |
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08-30-2007, 01:37 AM
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| Thank you Anton from sunny Queensland. I was wondering if our recent rain was the cause of the black spots on the leaves of this very hardy orchid. The poor plant just lives very well without our intervention. I would like it to regain it's full vigour how it once was. I have never fertilised it and wonder how to do this as it is growing on a board. Would a liquid fertiliser? very weak help? I prefer to post pictures of my orchid - it's a lot prettier than me!! LOL!!.. ~Pat |
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08-30-2007, 01:47 AM
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| Pat, do any of the gardening shops near you stock liquid Worm Wee ? If you can ask around, a lot of us on the forum have begun using it with excellent results. I have a little gradening shop near me run by greenies and they have a worm farm to dispose of the scraps from the next door restaurant, and sell the Worm Wee in 5 litre containers for $3.50 and the money goes to one of the Save the Children type funds, good cause. Others may sell it for a bit more. Have a look on the net and I am sure you'll find someone in Qld who sells it. There is a thread here by one of the commercial growers, Jerry and he sings it's praises and tells of his experiments using it and the side benefits apart from the fertilizing aspect.
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08-30-2007, 02:04 AM
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| Pat a PM is a Private Message click on my user name and you will see a menu click on send a private message to fred and have a look. you can send any member a private message if you wish to |
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08-30-2007, 03:19 AM
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| Thank you for the advice Anton. At one time I did have a small worm farm myself that produced excellent fertiliser. But it seemed to attract a lot of flies too, so I disposed of the worms. I do still have the housing though - but no worms. So I may even buy more worms if you are all recommending this way of feeding my orchid. ~Pat |
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