You just have to love orchids that come with full “drulleförsäkring” (liability insurance for clumsy people, or clumsiness insurance for short). My dear Phalaenopsis Marbella is such an orchid.
This little lady is flowering right now, but it almost was not to be this year. I managed to break the flower spike when watering earlier this spring and was really upset about it too ( […]
True to form, the fabulous Phalaenopsis Marbella flower spike I managed to break (!) a month ago (See: “DANG!!“) has begun to grow again! YES!!
This plant is extremely willing to please, it loves to bloom, and I bummed out for quite some time after breaking the spike. Now she is bouncing back as I had hoped. So I set her back about […]
While watering this afternoon I managed to brake the flower stalk off my Phalaenopsis Marbella… Last time she bloomed the stalk branched off, now I have to hope that she really wants to bloom and decides to branch where it broke istead of aborting the blooming season… #%@*&!!!
I have been dying to try cultivation in semi-hydro for years, and a couple of months ago I finally went for it. I chose a few test subjects and so far the result has been overwhealmingly positive! Here is a status report:
