Epidendrum Lake View "Angel"

Received "in spike" from Kawamoto Orchids via Ebay. Unfortunately, the bud got smashed in shipping and several of the leaves were black. The potting mix also smelled putrid for some reason. The leaves are constantly turning black and falling off. While blackening, there are some tiny new growths. This may be a lost cause.

My Dendrobium spectabile from the same grower also arrived with half of the leaves crushed which later blackened with time. The plant was also so ridiculously overdue by a year or more for repotting and I could NOT get the rootball out of the pot without a huge hacking knife and two hours.

I recognize that shipped that trauma can happen in the cross country trip and that orchids may need some time to bounce back as well as adjust to a non-Hawaiian climate. By my book, so far, no orchid grower deserves a negative. I will leave neutral comment stating the facts of any difficulties with an orchid. It is, after all, neutral FEEDBACK and in theory should serve for future improvement. I did so for Kawamoto. Apparently, Mr. Kawamoto has quite a temper and cannot tolerate neutral feedback. He banned me from his site. It's his show.  Apparently, I'm not the only one. Anyone who dares to raise dissent about his plants is also banished. He has nice plants, but there are nicer people with just as nice plants out there.

Epidendrum Radicans

                        

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Water:  summer: every 4-5 days; winter: every week

Humidity: 50%

Fertilizer:  weekly, 1/2 strength balanced fertilizer like 20-20-20

Temp:  day: 60-90 F (15.6°C to 32.2°C); night: 50-70 F (10C to 21.1°C)

Light: full sun; enough light = green leaves; too much light= brownish yellow; not enough light= tall , leggy growths

Flowering: needs lots of light to flower, will flower for months

Repotting:  bark mixed w/ perlite, moss, charcoal, sand or gravel

Propogate:  repot reeds w/ roots; transplant keikis w/ 2-4 inch roots

We nicknamed this guy "Fireworks" because he explodes gorgeous red, orange, and yellows in a towering cluster.

Found in Central America, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica

Often a roadside weed- so very hardy and easy to grow!

This orchid from Trader Joe's in West Los Angeles (Fall 2011).

Credited sources:

http://www.orchidmall.com/general/epi_art.htm

http://www.orchidsmadeeasy.com/epidendrum/