orchids, how is everyone doing?

rs4guy · Apr 10, 2012

So, just curious to see how other orchid keepers are doing? I sucessfully double mated my female, and she has started laying ooths, very exciting! Keeping her in a 80oz tub, and her mate was in a 16oz tub, but alas he did not survive his last mating (due to my negligence unfortunately, though he was getting very old). Anyone else having good sucess?

Josh

Termite48 · Apr 10, 2012

Josh: Good for you. It is nice to hear a success story, though it is still an incomplete one. You are doing well to get this far. I was able to nreed a couple of adult females last time I was able to be so blessed with adults, but that is as far as my success went, as my one female laid an ooth from which nothing hatched, and the other larger and more healthy (seemingly) female died before laying an ooth. Since then I have had some tragedy trying to hatch a couple of ooths and now thanks to Tammy Wolfe, I am trying to raise a couple of nymphs from her latest hatching. Good luck the rest of the way.

Rich

hibiscusmile · Apr 10, 2012

Mine are laying now, so we will see what we get! Still looking for new bloodlines!

mantid_mike · Apr 11, 2012

hey, I just got an orchid recently. Not sure what stage she's in since i'm a newbie. I fed her a small butterfly today that I caught over @ my parent's house and she devoured the whole thing:

twolfe · Apr 11, 2012

I just mated a female from Yen's stock with a male that I got from Precarious. I had a male Orchid from another source molt to an adult on Friday, and I'm planning to use him next week to mate the next female. I also have a few L4/L5 females.

Josh, good luck!