The weather had been extreme in these few weeks made the temperature difference
stressing these to bloom.
Regardless,
I still had not enough time to fully enjoy their blooms
and their exclusive fragrance that often made my day.
ever since I had introduce them in my garden.
Its either crown rot, root rot or vermin attack.
Often its compulsive buying that I end up regretting
as I never actually witness them in second blooming.
Except for these orchids - I'm just going to maintain them for their visual display.
But again, coming into the right regime proved challenging
due the unpredictable rainy season that often wash off the foliar feeding
in that few hours after application.
Sometimes,
zealously I had overdose it and I'm guilty of overfeeding
causing some burns on the roots and leaf structure.
The ones that survived, bears many blooms.
these constantly bloom with a longer spike.
My pride and joy of constant bloomer.
which I had placed them in plastic coke bottles
stuffed with Styrofoam and some common organic material
(coconut chips, charcoal and broken pottery)
Forcing them in re-potting had cause some of them to their early death.
Leaving them be seemed to be the best solution of these.
Lasted about few weeks regardless the weather and truly enjoyed them in my garden.
Well, these are the orchids that makes the show in my garden.
Do let me know what you think?
Lovely orchids, but i'm afraid the cattleya blooms seems slightly stunted with colour breaking which are symptoms of a virus.
ReplyDeleteWow...really nice...got to your blog while searching for a place to buy miniature orchids in kl... I'm visiting from the middle east and staying in the klcc area
ReplyDeleteI I guess you are right - The cattleya blooms seems slightly stunted with colour breaking which are symptoms of a virus. But for now, there is no cure nor antidote for them yet and I have to just be contented with these florals for now.
ReplyDeleteMoe - thank you.
You may able to get some orchids sold in Sg. Buloh Warisan Kusta Nurseries. They do have a good collection sold there.