Orchid plans

[cimorene]

Well, the upshot of my orchid research is that I'm quite sure my work orchid wants a new pot one size bigger. These pots typically cost between 70 cents and 2 euros, but nobody has them nearby, so ordering one to work would mean paying three times or more its cost in shipping. My boss would... maybe, probably? Go along with this if she were convinced it was necessary, only I'm not confident she would be convinced that I know what I'm talking about. Apart from the whole board's tendency to minimize my knowledge and expertise randomly, people their age like my parents and aunts and uncles often have trouble with the idea of getting reliable information from the internet.

We are gonna buy an orchid Wednesday though, and after that order some orchid supplies and I can just give the extra pot to the work orchid. I don't mind donating that much. Meanwhile I've gotta do something else at work for three days...

Comments

[cimorene]

In that case it sounds like your orchid is pretty happy and you are doing fine! If you're interested in trying to get it to bloom you could try orchid food, if you haven't given it any before, but from what I've read it's possible to over fertilize fairly easily. There are orchid fertilizers that claim to promote blooms based on the quantities of minerals included, and ones that are intended to stimulate root and leaf growth, and ones that are fairly balanced between the two goals. But it's probably not necessary when it looks healthy.