"orchid grower Bob Fuchs... "If you have an orchid in your house, a phalaenopsis that's growing in a mossy mix, put a couple ice cubes a week on top of the moss," Fuchs said. "Let that melt in there, and that's enough water for a week." ... The round flowers on vandas should be doused during waterings to ward off mold, Fuchs said. But the... flowers on a phalaenopsis should not be watered. ... The orchids in the grocery are probably cloned from species[hybrids...] that might thrive in humid jungles, but not in drier climates. "A lot of these places... pump the orchid and make it grow very fast, so they don't always survive as well as the ones you buy from a local orchid nursery who nurtures the plant and grows it in your region," Fuchs said."
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