Matt McColm is Vick T-888

Like Brian Bloom, Matt McColm isn't an orchid but he is a cool terminator.

I'm sad he got "destroyed" in the series.

Heat Pad

I thought I'd include a picture of a heat pad. I bought 4 of them.

I'm really pampering my plants! Not cheap.

March 22nd, 2008

New leaf buds and some new roots.

I've found that after adding the heat pads, the plants seem to be putting out new growths.

Repotted Today

Re potted a few of my plants today. Had to cut off a lot of dead roots. But did discover one of my Chia Lin New City to have good root growth but no flower. Potted my Shinfong Beauty's from three pots to two; found new growth with some new roots. Re potted my Chia Lin 'Red Rose' and found new growth but no new roots yet.
I found with the heat pads, evaporation is high. And the need to fill the reservoir increased to once a week. Can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can turn the pads off. I'm afraid to get my next electrical bill.

Tolumnia & Phalaenopsis

Some more photos of my current blooming orchids.

Chia Lin Red Rose back bulbs rebud

This old back bulbs is putting out a new bud. Hopefully it will grow.

Some Close Ups of Popoki Blooms

Tolumnia Flowering!

I have to say how happy I am with this Tolumnia. I'm glad I got this plant from ebay because this plant was very easy to switch to Dyna-Rok. So far, the other Popoki are doing okay (I think). But this one makes me happy.