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04-09-2008, 02:22 PM
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| Hello from Scotland Hello everyone, I'm Uko from Edinburgh, Scotland. I've been collecting orchids ever since my partner gave me one as a present three and a half years ago. As I am a poor student I grow my orchids in the house and unfortunately for them they just have to put up with the conditions. So far so good. I have 6 phal and 1 cym, all of which have survived a recent move of house. However, our lack of central heating is concerning me and therefore I have recently purchased a new warming pad to help the phal in particular. I managed to badly the damage my original orchid by leaving it in direct sunlight and probably overwatering it. However, I removed the burnt leaves and repotted it, removing all but 1 of the roots as they were rotten. Two years down the line it still seems to be alive and has three lovely new leaves on it. Having said that I've not seen any signs of growth for a while; nevertheless as growing season begins I hope for some more activity. I've repotted two other of my orchids within the last year, neither of which show any signs of growing flower stems (I was told to remove any flower stems before repotting), but once again I live in hope. Well that's a potted history of my orchid collection.  Here's to many years of orchid growing to come and being able to eventually have my own greenhouse! Uko      |
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04-09-2008, 02:43 PM
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| Thanks. One other thing- just in case it is of interest to anyone- I keep my orchids in an east facing room- most of them on the window sill. They are all in their plastic pots placed inside decorative terracotta pots with a layer of gravel in the bottom. These then sit in a window tray, also covered by a layer of gravel that I spray to aid humidity. I have heard mixed stories about having orchids sitting ontop of a layer of gravel, so any comments would be gratefully appreciated! Uko |
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04-09-2008, 03:03 PM
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| Welcome to the forum Uko!! there is lots of information here; the best book I have is this place!!
__________________ "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have." Thomas Jefferson |
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04-09-2008, 07:23 PM
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| Hello, Ukolele!  I'm a N.Y. yank of Scottish descent. Welcome to the forum!The gravel inside the clay pot is probably not so necessary, as the plastic pot inside the clay pot is mainly for stability. I think the humidity tray under your plants for the most part is a good idea, but during the summer the humidity is probably quite high in Scotland (much like here in N.Y.) and maybe not as necessary. I always worry about spilling the gravel. Whatever works though is great. Happy growing and we love pictures! 
__________________   John
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04-09-2008, 07:36 PM
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| Hello and welcome to the forum! I think many of us dream of having a greenhouse one day. I look forward to seeing pictures of your orchids. |
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04-09-2008, 08:20 PM
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| Hi Welcome. I spent part of my honeymoon in Edinburgh. Lovely city. I have all my inside orchids on trays of pebbles that stay wet after watering. Gives them a little more humididty during the winter. During the summer the humidity is pretty well balanced in this area and they all stay outside |
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04-10-2008, 12:29 AM
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| welcome to the orchids world uko. |
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04-10-2008, 04:32 AM
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| Thanks for the warm welcome! I will get around to photos eventually- only three are in flower at the moment though, so the others aren't very exciting. And to be honest the cymbidium flowers are on the way out and a bit scabby! Will also wait for a sunny day to get some nice light. I could wait a while, it is Scotland after all. |
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04-11-2008, 01:24 PM
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| Here are a couple of pictures of my orchids that are currently in flower. They're not in a good place to take photographs so I've just taken photos of the flowers for you. The orangey one is very shy- is has two flower spikes that face in opposite direstions making it very difficult to position! Uko Spot 1.jpg orangey.jpg |
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04-11-2008, 08:53 PM
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| What a beautiful orangy Phal! Thanks for sharing.
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