"Sandy Myhalik... Myhalik's orchid room... over 100 exotic beauties... on racks along the windows and under fluorescent grow lights. ... It is set p with an adjustable thermostat, which she pushes up to the 70s, 80s or even 90s by day and down to 55 or 60 by night; a humidifier and barometer; a ceiling fan; and plenty of lights...
Phaphiopedilums... cattleyas. Phragmipediums... An orchid... that she calls Pinocchio. A miltonia... mostly phalaenopsis orchids...Myhalik's specialty. ... blooms on a... "Harlequin" orchid ... she teaches orchid classes for the University of Connecticut's master gardener program... An unnamed phalaenopsis hybrid with... well-defined purple flowers which Myhalik calls "Pinwheel" URL : http://www.courant.com/features/home/hc-homeorchidroom0404.artapr04,0,3349521.story?track=rss photos : 1) [caption : "SANDY MYHALIK of Farmington stands amid the racks of orchids in her workroom, a converted sun room"] http://www.courant.com/media/photo/2008-04/37427824.jpg 2) [caption : "PINWHEEL, Sandy Myhalik's sobriquet for the unnamed hybrid took first prize at the Connecticut Orchid Society show for phalaenopsis grown in the home or under lights. It also placed second for multifloral miniature phalaenopsis."] http://www.courant.com/media/photo/2008-04/37427830.jpg 3) [caption : "phalaenopsis shows tight "shingling," overlapping of blossoms"] http://www.courant.com/media/photo/2008-04/37427826.jpg 4) [caption : "orange miniature "phale"... raspberry lips[lip]... white nose"] http://www.courant.com/media/photo/2008-04/37427834.jpg ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
