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Old 22-09-2005, 03:39 PM
Ted
 
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Default What is normal for Zga (Adelaide Meadows x Adelaide Original)

In the subject line, I have provided precisely what is on the tag.

It has three firm green pseudobulbs with plenty of healthy looking
leaves, and it has an inflorescence coming out of the largest of the
pseudobulbs along with a couple leaves. The inflorscence remains
healthy, as do the three flowers, altough I bought it for the fragrance
and the fragrance has faded. The leaves that came out with the
inflorescence, though, have turned brown. While I bought it in bloom,
I can find no trace of a previous bloom, unless it is normal to cut the
old inflorescence off allowing a new pseudobulbs to hide whatever is
left of the old inflorescence. From what is visible, it seems most
likely that this is the first bloom for this plant.

It is potted in a 7.5 cm plastic pot in moss. The moss has never dried
out, although with my watering habits, it is never sopping wet either.

The orientation of the flowers is odd, as if the whole plant had been
laying on its side while the first flower formed, and then placed right
side up while the second and third formed. The inflorscence itself is
as straight as an arrow.

I was told to grow it like a dendrobium. But my dends and catts are
happy with how I treat them, but although this one is treated the same
way, it doesn't look as happy.

I have no idea what genus or hybrid Zga is supposed to represent, so I
need someone to tell me about the plant and what is normal, especially
with respect to flowering, for this plant.

Is it possible I have begun killing it off by a mistake in how I treat
it (and that in only a couple weeks), or is what I am seeing normal for
this plant. At what point should I see a new pseudobulb forming?

Thanks,

Ted

R.E. (Ted) Byers, Ph.D., Ed.D.
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