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C. Hawaiian Wedding Song 'Virgin'

This is a discussion on C. Hawaiian Wedding Song 'Virgin' within the Cattleyas, Vandas, Dendrobiums IN BLOOM forums, part of the Orchid Photography category; It was quite a surprise that the blooms were of decent quality considering that the ...

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  1. August 27th, 2007, 03:00 PM #1
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    Default C. Hawaiian Wedding Song 'Virgin'

    It was quite a surprise that the blooms were of decent quality considering that the mother plant was resurrected from near-death just March of this year.

    The original plant was a large overgrown (and cramped) plant and all new leads were getting crushed to death.
    I divided it into several "smaller" plants and potted them into baskets to give them more room to grow. Such drastic surgery on a large plant usually causes it to skip a blooming season but it looks like these plants are determined to bloom

    The first one that opened - colors are still greenish but I hope it get closer to white as it matures. This pseudobulb dropped all but one bud.


    A shot of the whole plant, other pseudobulbs are nursing 2-3 buds - I hope they all bloom:


    The other divisions are also catching up:




    The flower is about 4-5 inches across which is about average for this hybrid. I hope that next season brings in more flowers

    This was the mother plant before I acquired it and started rescue efforts:



    ~John
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  2. August 27th, 2007, 03:11 PM #2
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    Wow...what a great job you have done with that one! And what a sweet reward so soon. You lucky dog you. I just hope the big ol' catt out front does the same for me. It was totally overcrowded in a 6 in' pot and now is in 6 sections and growing like mad. I think it's the baskets....they love to have their roots nice and airy without hanging out mid-air (unless there is a pot of water to dip their roots in).
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  3. August 27th, 2007, 03:33 PM #3
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    That's amazing John. Great rescue and great bloom, I can't believe the way it looked before.
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  4. August 27th, 2007, 04:12 PM #4
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    Excellant Labour of Love. Amazing what they will do to survive ! Well worth the effort, I'd say !
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    Wonderful, you did a great job!

    I have one myself which I only bought a couple of months ago. It's just developing a new growth so I'm keeping my finger crossed for some of those beautiful blooms.
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  6. August 27th, 2007, 06:33 PM #6
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    Great rescue John. It is one of my favorite whites.
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    Oh My! Can't believe it is the same plant .
    Beautiful blooms it is saying thank you ! Gin
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    Nicely done, John!

    Cheers,
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    Nice save!
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    Good Job and great bloom.
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