Asian Corsage Orchid
Cymbidium (Sussex Dawn x
Memoria Francis Dawn) ‘Sara’
(sim-BID-ee-um)
Can you tell that I am
excited about growing a lot of orchids at work? Lately I have been immersing
myself in knowledge about growing orchids, especially Phalaenopsis. The main
thing seems to be if you are able to reproduce certain known conditions the
plants will be happy. Even though there are three zoned rooms in the greenhouse
we have been using only one as an Orchid Room. It has a separate climate
control with misting and venting. The venting system is a little messed up
right now so we have been using the doors to the outside and the windows for
manual venting. We let the temperature get up to about 80 degrees before
cooling it down. It is a balancing act trying to keep the conditions best for
several species at once. I am trying to find some microclimates inside the room
for our finicky species. So far it is quite an adventure.
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