Wow, Toni! You really have a magic touch to get so many flowers. If I ever have a sickly baby, I know where to send it for some great R&R!
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This was given to me by a friend and it was just the 3 stalks with no leaves. now almost a year later and it has bloomed 2 times. I am happy about it BUT, one of the stalks has still done NOTHING! Is there anything I can do? Do I leave it alone? I love the delicate white flowers though! Any suggestions? Is it healthy? Thanks for all the help everyone is so willing to give!
Wow, Toni! You really have a magic touch to get so many flowers. If I ever have a sickly baby, I know where to send it for some great R&R!
The first spike only produced 2 buds, 1 opened and then the entire spike died, so I removed it. Then (to my surprise) this one came up, it only has 3 flowers BUT I will take it! My Friends all say I have a green thumb; I do have a houseful of other plants, but orchids are tougher. It seem to be trial and error, till I got on the forum, Now I have somewhere to turn!
I wonder: Are orchids tougher or do we merely have higher expectations for them?
From my experience; which is mostly Phal., Dend., and Cymb., they ARE tougher. I have never mourned so many deaths in my life! The Cymbidiums seem to be the toughest out of the orchids I share my life and bathroom with! They are beautiful and lush with blooms then they are brown and dead, no inbetween! I deffinately need some teaching! I just posted my successes not my cerimonial barials for the one I loose!
We all have the failures, and sometimes they ar tough. But we also learn from them - and we teach each other from them too. Never hesitate to share, you can be you are not the only one..................
Someone once described the old backbulbs of cattleya types and dendrobium types as "batteries". They are a storage unit for water and nutrients. When the plant no longer needs the backbulb, it will turn brown and shrivel up. I leave them until they are completely shriveled and dried before I remove them. Good job on reblooming your dendrobium! Its a lovely one.
Very nice Toni, I wish for the next season ....more blooms . Zain
Maybe your problem with Cymbidiums is keeping them in the bathroom. Is it warm? humid? if so, throw em outside! in a shaded place of course. Good Air movement, cool temps and moderate shade are key to getting these guys to survive....heck! mine stay out in frosts for goodnes sakes!