floral dept employee with new Phal

[loraine]

Hello everyone, my name is Loraine, I am brand new to the forum.
I work in the floral dept. of a grocery store. We are constantly getting in orchids, phalaneopsis (sorry if spelling is incorrect) I brought an orchid home and would like to know how to care for it and be able to give advise to customers if asked. I love the plant and hate to see them neglected. I think I brought home an "Angel Snow" plant. I would really like to see a picture of it as it has no blooms yet. It has spikes with "buds" on it. I rescued it from the trash. Many thanks in advance if any advise if forwared. Oh I have it sitting under a lamp with light from a south window. Again "Many Thanks".

[kmarch]

Hi Loraine and welcome to the forum!

Take a look at the Phalaneopsis culture sheet on this forum: Orchid Care for Phalenonopis & Paphiopedilum Orchids or download one from the American Orchid Society. These will tell you pretty much what you need to know to grpw Phals. Give them a read and of you hav additional questions let me know.

Your Phal is registered with the name Phalaenopsis Angel Snow (drop the quotation marks). I've not been able to find a picture of it either but I suspect it is one of the large whites.

When you get a moment, please update your member profile to inculde your general geographic location as this will help us give tips and advice.

Happy Growing!

[janice]

Loraine, welcome..........I am a fairly new forum member also but I have learned so much..........I love you for trying to rescue a Phal. from the trash....but I hate to tell you that you might become addicted to orchids!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are so neat and interesting!!!!!!!!!!

[digitalgate]

hey you going to get bitten by the orchid bug.

[mayres]

Welcome! Wonderful to see you learning about orchids. One of my pet peeves is all the floral and gardening departments around that have people working in them that know nothing about orchids - and are in the process of sending them into oblivion. Wonderful! Hope more of you sign on in the future..........

[Tobi]

Hi and welcome Loraine. Glad to see you have acquired an interest in orchids. Hopefully
you'll be able to help your costumers and tend to the 'chids in your store as well. Ask
any questions, there are alot of very helpful people here.

[LTerrieM]

Welcome Lorraine,

I'm new too. It's really a great forum. I've already received some terriefic helpfuls.
We're here and now you are to. Hi!!

Terrie

[pikevi]

Welcome to the forum loraine. You will get answers to any and all questions you may have.

To answer your question ; it is spelt PHALAENOPSIS. I had a hard time at the beginning with all those twisted names/spellings. I still do

Enjoy the forum.

[Debbie Hayden]

Welcome Loraine. I wish you were from Tupelo MS so I could help you rescue some orchids!!

[pikevi]

I wish I can see the mischievous grin on your face , Debbie Hayden

What a selfless gesture!!!, lol.

(j j)

[Debbie Hayden]

It would be a sacrifice...but...

[fred]

Hi Loraine
welcome to the forum
I hope that you enjoy your stay here with us
we have a very caring community here with a great knowledge of orchids
glad to have you with us
just a tip for you can you please go into your Profile and update your Location for us please as this helps us understand your growing conditions as we have members from all over the world with different growing conditions.
understanding your growing conditions helps us to give you the right advice

[patticake]

Welcome, Loraine! I hope you like it here! There are a lot of people willing to help. A south window might be a little too strong for a phal.- It depends on where you are located, and how close to the window you have it. Good luck!

[rmt135]

Hi & welcome Loraine. You will enjoy your stay here. Lots of information & ever willing people to help with your new found addict.

[arleneg]

Hi & welcome to the forum, Loraine!

It's good to see a floral dept. employee willing to learn how to care for orchids, then be able to help their customers.

[loraine]

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome. I'm not sure how to use the e-mail system on the forum though. I am overwhelmed by the responses I received. Someone please let me know how to respond to all of you. Thanks again, Loraine in windy Arlington, Tx

[loraine]

Just in case the message did not go through, I wanted to tell everyone "Thank You" for the warm welcome and response to my delima.
I gave the first orchicd I rescued from the trash to my daughter and brought home two more.
So keep those cards and letters coming "Please".
I am going to need all the help I can get.
Thank You all again.
Loraine

[mayres]

Glad you are here. Hopefully we can all help you to keep those lovely phals out of the trash and sell healthy ones to your customers in the floral department. Look forward to hearing more about your plants and challenges in the future.