Gardening

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The only things I know about orchids are that they're tropical and like humidity. The air here, despite fairly frequent rain, is extremely dry. There's also an approximately 25 to 30-degree variance between daytime and nighttime temperatures.

I don't see how these orchids can survive without a special climate-controlled enclosure, which I don't have, and I'm not going to pay someone to care for them just so they bloom. Not worth it to me. I'd rather spend my efforts on plants that can do well in this environment.

Trader Joe's sells these things potted by the dozens here and I never understood why. Best bet sounds like it might be to discard them both, although I feel like I'm being "cruel."

Thanks for your input!