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Hi ~ Here are some responses to the questions: For authurm: I don't have names for a couple because they were given to me by my mother, but the ones I do have are: - D. MME. Viray Bangkok Green - D. Savaya Red; and - D. Burana Sunshine Now, you have made me remember that I bought these from a guy who told me they were Thailand orchids. Would that make a difference? For howard_a : I grow all of my orchids outdoors. Some are tied to trees, but all of these are in pots. They get morning sun and then when the sun gets to the right spot, they are in bright shade. I believe Dendrobiums like a lot of sun and others that I grow in this spot don't seem to have a problem. We are in rainy season now, so I let Mother Nature do the watering ... since rainy season began, that is when almost all of the dendrobiums started shooting out flower spikes. Orchid126: As soon as I started to see the flower spikes, I did give them a dose of food. Do you think I over did it? Thanks all ...

ladyslppr: Robin is right Salvia hispanica is the most common Chia sold on the market. It is sold as a "Aztec Superfood" it is being produced in South America which is the second largest exporter of Chia Seed. I take it and use it in fruit juices. The same can be said in Southern Mexico. There is also Chia flour which is being used in glutten free breads. And the first use of it was the "Chia Pet". I have some growing here at my home they have got 4' Tall but have not flowered yet. I understand if you harvest the plant early you can use the leaves in salads. You get a more easily digested omega 3 than in fax seed. Now you know way more than you ever wanted to about Chia. Art

Phalaenopsis Nancy Am x equestris. I suspect that equestris adds a bit of "easy growing" and branching spikes In theory, some will bloom forever because they will bloom from a new flowering stem grown from a node. This discussion will go on forever because some growers are quite happy getting a bloom no matter what. Going back many years, I will relate the story of Betty, a lovely lady who was the Champion Orchid grower of a local Society. She had this species Phalaenopisis which was a sequential bloomer. It had a few dispirited blooms at the end of a long long spike and she would bench it month after month year after year to get a few benching points. One of my Phals is about to bloom (pic. above) and after enjoying the blooms and benching it at a local orchid society for a few months and maybe putting it in an orchid show I am going to say thank you and go snip. I has a few weeks to go before it blooms and has a secondary flowering spike forming so in theory it could be in bloom for ages. Another grower has a Phal. House and belongs to many orchid Societies, he exhibits his orchids at various orchid shows over a period of about 3 months and at the end of the orchid show season he goes SNIP.