Hi Joanna,

I was just wondering if you knew why your flower buds were blasting. I had
this problem until I realized that my unvented propane heater, though
supposedly "99.9% efficient," was still probaly releasing enough ethylene
gas to cause flowers to blast or drop during the heating season. Ever since
I yanked that thing out, everything has been doing very well.

Jeff


"J Fortuna" wrote in message
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My cochleanthes is opening its flower.

My cochleathes is opening its flower!

My cochleanthes is opening its flower!! Woohoo! :-)

After teasing me with bud after bud since November, none of which opened,
all of which blasted, until now. I am very excited. I may even be willing
to
forgive its past behavior.

Joanna