some general questions

[brookn]

Hi,
First I would like to introduce myself cause I just joined today. My name is Brook, I am from Missouri, and I am happy to admit that I have just acquired an addiction to orchids-heehee.
I have 4 orchids. 3 Ctna. Hawkinsara Sogo Doll "Little Angel" (these are seedlings I purchased, buy one get one and got 3 whoo-hoo), and one Dtps. Queen Beer Mantefon "Red Sky".

Okay for the questions, and please forgive me I have a few. Anyone growing the Sogo Doll? Would love to know some more about their preferences.

When you are talking about using soap on the orchids, what kind of soap are you using?

The Queen Beer, is it actually Queen Beer, Queen Bee, or Queen Bear? As I have researched it I have seen all of these names. Have not found out that much about it, mostly price and description. I bought it from our garden center was very happy and healthy looking among the other sad looking phals and oncidiums. Also the one that I have is blooming, and I am worried about bud blast (I bought it on 4/20). One of the buds that were on it when I got it shriveled up in a day, and I cut it off, and the others look happy and plump. How quickly would I see bud blast? I also was wondering how traumatic repotting would be for my blooms, they have it packed so tight in moss I am afraid that it is going to have problems if I do not do something, so should I wait until it is done blooming, just loosen up the moss, repot? It is so pretty and happy right now that I am afraid to mess it up, but would happily repot at the expense of the blooms to make sure the plant is okay.

Whew, think that is it for now, I live in the middle of nowhere, and when I went to the florist, and asked if they could order me some physan for my orchids, they looked at me like I was out of my mind and said "orchids? why would you want to grow those?" Couldn't even figure out what physan was. Made me really happy to find a forum, I feel like less of a freak now. Off to the big city an hour away tomorrow to look for more orchid supplies. ( and hopefully I can contain myself from buying more orchids!). Hope everyone is having as beautiful a spring day as we are here in Missouri (it is very humid here today).