I was minding my own business in HD today and this sweet looking plant
shreaked out, Buy me! Save meI So here I come home with another plant I know
zilch about. Every site I checked on Google shows me picyures but I need one
to tell me her likes and dislikes. Any volunteers out there?
bak. truth silver chalice
She has lots of buds but no actual flowers yet.
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BetsyB

betsyb wrote:

I was minding my own business in HD today and this sweet looking plant
shreaked out, Buy me! Save meI So here I come home with another plant I know
zilch about. Every site I checked on Google shows me picyures but I need one
to tell me her likes and dislikes. Any volunteers out there?
bak. truth silver chalice
She has lots of buds but no actual flowers yet.


I like the picture... You will have more luck finding cultural
information if you look under Miltassia, or maybe Miltonia.

Try this: http://www.orchidweb.org/orchids/culture/odont.pdf

Don't be put off by the fact that it says to grow them cool. Yours
is a hybrid with a whole lot of other genera in the background,
including warm growing species. This one can probably tolerate your
house pretty well. In fact, it can probably tolerate a very wide range
of conditions. It appreciates moderately bright light. Water it when
the potting mix is dry, or just barely moist. When it is actively
growing, you might want to water it a bit more. If the new leaves start
to look pleated, then you aren't watering enough.

More orchids are killed by overwatering than anything else.

Rob

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Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit

"Rob Halgren" wrote in message
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betsyb wrote:

I was minding my own business in HD today and this sweet looking plant
shreaked out, Buy me! Save meI So here I come home with another plant I
know
zilch about. Every site I checked on Google shows me picyures but I need
one
to tell me her likes and dislikes. Any volunteers out there?
bak. truth silver chalice
She has lots of buds but no actual flowers yet.


I like the picture... You will have more luck finding cultural
information if you look under Miltassia, or maybe Miltonia.

Try this: http://www.orchidweb.org/orchids/culture/odont.pdf

Don't be put off by the fact that it says to grow them cool. Yours
is a hybrid with a whole lot of other genera in the background,
including warm growing species. This one can probably tolerate your
house pretty well. In fact, it can probably tolerate a very wide range
of conditions. It appreciates moderately bright light. Water it when
the potting mix is dry, or just barely moist. When it is actively
growing, you might want to water it a bit more. If the new leaves start
to look pleated, then you aren't watering enough.

More orchids are killed by overwatering than anything else.

Rob

--
Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit

See. Rob I must have remembered your rules. My husband is sure I have lost
my count! Thanks for the link and the info.