Greetings from Thailand!

[jkanj]

This is actually a place famous for orchids and I have just come into a place full of them but then no one is taking good care of them now so i need some help.

jkanj

[evagentry]

Welcome, this is the right place to ask questions,there are many people here who can help you.

[BunnytheOrchid]

Nice to meet you jkanj!
Let us know if you have questions regarding your orchids! We're here to help you!

[digitalgate]

goodness , Thailand, most of the orchid come from Thailand. They are good with Catt
and Vanda...

[brandank]

Welcome to the forum jkanj! This place is full of information and pictures. But be careful time can just disappear reading and looking at all the posts.

[fred]

Hi jkanj
welcome to the forum
just so we can help you can you go onto your UserCP on the top left of the page and update your Profile for us as this will help us to understand your growing conditions
as we have members from all over the world with different growing conditions

thank you.

[flowerchild]

Welcome Jkanj. You will have to take pictures of all the gorgeous orchids for us over there in Thailand!!!!

[Tobi]

Hi Jkanj and welcome to the forum. Great people here with lots of information. I was in
Bangkok years ago. Beautiful place, unfortunately I wasn't into growing orchids then.
I'd love to go back there again.

[patticake]

Hi Jkanj- Nice to meet you! Welcome to OrchidGeeks!

[sandra]

Hi jkanj. Yes, I've heard that Thailand has orchids growing whereever you look. My brother built a home on Phuket and says they grow wild in his back yard. Can only imagine.

You'll need to be more specific with the help you're seeking. I'm sure you'll get all the advice you need right here, to get them back into pristine conditions.

Ask away...

[jay]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I look forward to hearing about your orchids.

[jkanj]

Hi everybody thanks for the warm welcome, in a few days i will be posting some pictures of the orchids that I have now, I don't think they are in very good shape now though as no one is taking care of them. I will be doing so though as I really do something coz i love looking at the lovely flowers, the ones here don't have any flowers now. I don't think i can tell you the whole problem without showing you the pictures first, My questions for now is, could i possibly grow orchids and make them healthy using natural fertilizers? I really would wanna do away with using chemicals as fertilizer? Someone told me that dried coconut husk would be great and I heard that egg shells are helpful have any of you heard of these methods?

[articuno75]

Can't wait to see pictures! Oh, and welcome to the forum

I've heard of adding eggshells. It's suppose to add calcium to the medium. Coco husk is a great medium to use. Soak it and pre wash it really well before use. (contains salt and needs to rinsed out.)

[jkanj]

Dear Articuno,

I appreciate a lot your input on the eggshells and coconut husks, I noticed in the leaves of some of the orchids there is a onion skin like covering, what is that? I know some of these orchids have been left to fend for themselves so i think it's because they din't get any water at all that they look so dried out, I'm trying to water them constantly now but, there seem to be a lot of this onion skin substance, is it really a bad thing?

i feel really clueless but i do enjoy the work that i've been putting in.

jkanj

[articuno75]

Jkanj~ the "onion skin" that you see is just sheathing and is from older growth. This is fine.

I know some of these orchids have been left to fend for themselves so i think it's because they din't get any water at all that they look so dried out, I'm trying to water them constantly now but, there seem to be a lot of this onion skin substance, is it really a bad thing?

As for the watering, we do not know what kind of orchid(s) that you have. You could be over watering them unintentionally. Do you have pics of them by chance?

Please post pics so that we can be of further assistance.

[digitalgate]

Originally Posted by jkanj

Dear Articuno,

I appreciate a lot your input on the eggshells and coconut husks, I noticed in the leaves of some of the orchids there is a onion skin like covering, what is that? I know some of these orchids have been left to fend for themselves so i think it's because they din't get any water at all that they look so dried out, I'm tryn putting in.

jkanj

oh , no, you should not have water the plant. I think you are referring to
Dendrobium aggregatum. It is suppose to dry up and finally flower. Now you have to force to "think" dry and bloom.