Harvey. I am starting to think it might be the problem. It was purchased at an orchid show and I do have the grower's email. I will wait to see what happens in the next blooming cycle. I might have to be more proactive with the wooden skewer. Funny though that I am distantly related to the grower. In my ancestry there were seven brothers who settled this area. I'm from one brother and he is from another. They were farmers all of them and it seems there is a strong love of plants that is apparent in the family line. My grandfather loved his plants. We still have some of the plants my grandfather planted.