The Angraecum villain hunt continues. Day two. I had already looked all over the plant for any kind of insects but did not see anything. I am still trying to figure out why this one bud would fail, so I decided to perform a bud-autopsy on the mysteriously blasted Angraecum bud… No vermin found. Not even when scrutinized under a magnifying glass. No, my dear Watson, the working theory is that the spur might have gotten damaged somehow and that caused the bud to abort. I did not know they could be so sensitive, but apparently they can (thanks for the info Svetlana).
Marius, you wanted a closeup. There’s an even larger version of it on flickr.
Nice autopsy!
Thanks for the follow-up and the close-ups! It will indeed be interesting to follow the Angraecum in the time to come!
Keep up the good work!
Snusmumriken
Thanks!! 🙂 The first bud started opening today… i will post more pictures soon!
Stumbled across your blog while doing a search for epiweb and aerangis….amazing journal you have here!! I look forward to the rest of your updates. I’m in Canada so I can completely sympathize with your previous post on creating a little slice of cloud forest in our homes with technology and innovation. I was hoping to pick your brain on epiweb and whether you’ve tried any aerangis species on it, as I’m looking for alternatives to cork for mounting my aerangis.
Sorry to hear about the angraecum bud blast…maybe the plant didn’t have enough energy to support all it’s blooms and spontaneously decided to abort one of them. Hope the others make it through.
Keep up the good work, and I look forward to reading more posts!
Hi Calvin, I am happy to hear that you like my blog. Thanks, and welcome!
My two cents on EpiWeb is that it is a fantastic material when used with the right expectations. I think it works fabulously in a vivarium or place where RH is very high. On the windowsill it dries up a bit quick for some people. However, I have a bulbo (Louis Sander) planted in EpiWeb on the windowsill, but I placed the plastic mesh pot with the EW inside a slightly larger outer plastic pot with leca in the bottom, the (ca 1 cm) space between the inner and outer walls, along with the wet leca, is creating a more humid microclimate around the roots. The plant is doing great. I personally plan on transferring most of my vivarium plants into EpiWeb or volcanic rocks. I just mounted an Aerangis mooreana on EW plate last weekend, there is a picture of it under my “My orchids (list)”. I keep it in the warm vivarium, but it is too early to tell how it likes it yet, but so far so good. I can’t see a reason why EpiWeb won’t work just as good as the cork for mounting.
The Angraecum is doing good by the way, two of the buds are beginning to open now. It’s great to see a plant bloom for the very first time, better than xmas!
Hej Karma!
Hope i said that right 🙂 It has been awhile since i’ve been to your blog. Well, actually I have not been surfing the web much in the past few weeks. I see you have been a busy little bee since last i wrote! Glad to see Phal. Marbella has bounced back. I am sure your Angraecum will make up for that blasted bud. I am sending good thoughts your way for it!
Well, i also wanted to say, that i will be thinking about you tomorrow, because i will be going to an orchid show in the morning. Who knows what will jump in my basket and come home with me 🙂 HaHa!
Have a great weekend…
Very good! Hej på dig själv Joan! 🙂
Yes, it has been a busy spring for me and the orchids. But it is sooo much fun to see all the plants coming to life after the long winter. The winter bloomers were done about a month or two ago, and now the spring group is setting buds and spikes all over the place. Very rewarding! We have a wonderully sunny morning here in Sweden today, so I’m going to have my morning coffe in the orchid room and just enjoy for a while.
Have a great time at the orchid show!!