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Thread: Ailing 'Blue Martini' Doritaenopsis

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  1. December 20th, 2008, 09:19 AM #1
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    It has a terminal spike (coming out of the crown) , that means no more leaf growth the best you can hope for is a basal keiki a new plant from the base of this one .Or a keiki from the spike . The long blooming is a way the plant tried to reproduce to stay alive . Sorry not good news Gin
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    I thought that may have been the case earlier.
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