Orchid season is nearly over

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StroppyChops
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Orchid season is nearly over

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The local garden guy tells me orchids finish flowering about now and are semi-dormant by the end of the month. Mine are certainly shedding their leaves, although all pots have a new spike.

Here's my latest bloom:
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Re: Orchid season is nearly over

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Nice, mine were looking really good when I left PP to head back to work, heaps of flowers...I hope the missus has been taking care of them in my absence!
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Re: Orchid season is nearly over

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PSD-Kiwi wrote:Nice, mine were looking really good when I left PP to head back to work, heaps of flowers...I hope the missus has been taking care of them in my absence!
Do you feed yours? Not sure whether to add some slow release granules...
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