Anticipating blooms

[78Terp]

Breaking spikes is bad enough with going after the plant too! We learn to be more careful. But I have damaged 2 spikes myself recently. Not too bad but did reduce numbers of flowers. One is open now the other is still forming the buds.

My Phal cornu-cervi, is looking just great but hasn't really grown much, has a leaf that I cut off while unpacking it when it arrived in the mail. Is that why it is pouting and not growing?

[citywildcat]

Breaking spikes is bad enough with going after the plant too! We learn to be more careful. But I have damaged 2 spikes myself recently. Not too bad but did reduce numbers of flowers. One is open now the other is still forming the buds.

My Phal cornu-cervi, is looking just great but hasn't really grown much, has a leaf that I cut off while unpacking it when it arrived in the mail. Is that why it is pouting and not growing?

I was taking Sediera japonica out of the greenhouse (the first plant) and accidentally pulled it out too close to the edge of the GH covering - it sheared off the whole top of it. I've never screwed up unpacking anything though but I'm sure that will happen :-))