Getting my orchids on thursday

Sheldy

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Yeah, here i am again, wondering if anyone can give me some advice with my orchids im getting. At £15 a pop, i dont think i will be able to get any more any time soon, or ever for that matter.
Quite simply, care sheets are good, but i need first hand advice from real people, any little tricks or advice anyone can give me?
(also i will put photos up of my new babies when they arrive!)
 

Bob

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The Orchid mantids will do better if feed flying food IMO. Flys, moths, etc. This makes them a little hard to feed. I kept mine on a plastic flower.
 

Sheldy

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Flying food - not a problem, (got a nice violin colony - so i have alot of flies) Do you feed your flies anything before feeding them to your mantids? By moths, do you mean i should use wax moths?
Also what humidity do you keep yours at?
 
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