Interesting about the cinnamon! Sounds like you're doing a great job.

Wow that's so special! I'd love to see a picture

I think overwatering is very common with orchids! They're different than most plants because they grow attached to trees, not in soil. So their roots are designed to be exposed to the air or just barely covered. They get water from rain that runs over them and then dries off as well as out of the humidity in the air. The houseplants we're used to growing grow in the soil where the roots are used to being moist. So that makes orchids a little different!

Here is a great video about watering orchids, it gives more details than I did and it's really helpful because it shows how the roots should look when they need watering. I've seen her other videos highly recommended too!

Love it! They look so fragile during that process. Like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis

I definitely agree with you! It's neat to have alternatives available. So far I feel that comments are higher quality here. So even if reddit goes on, I can enjoy the interaction here.

I hadn't heard of that rule before, that's an interesting idea! It would be cool to find out if the generation of new posts and comments has declined at a greater rate than the number of views.

I haven't ever gotten them to re-bloom on purpose. I just keep them around for years and periodically they do. Some re-bloom much more often than others. I got a few orchid books out of the library recently to take a more informed approach. It seems like many different factors can influence re-blooming and that it depends on the genus/species. Temperature changes like you mentioned, also day length, amount of light, even pressure changes with the weather! Good luck with your orchids.

Thanks for the deadline suggestion! I think that would help me. I'll have to think about how to combine a deadline with something to make it more fun, maybe a nice lunch afterwards.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, they're really helpful! You kind of combined the concept of satisficing from one comment with the deadline suggestion from another comment in a helpful way. I think reframing my goal as you suggest would work for me. I'm definitely looking for the perfect chair right now. Maybe if I was looking for the good enough chair today it would help me pick. I worry about getting buyer's remorse, but realistically I'll just be happy to have a chair.

Nice photo! Really cool angle

Great picture!

Love them! I always like to buy the weird looking carrots when I'm shopping