All,

Here's a topic for discussion, hopefully. Have any of you seen variables in
the blooming seasons for some of your orchids? I'm not talking about a plant
or two, but many of them.

Since the storms of 2004, it seems to me that lots of our plants have
decided to bloom *out of season*. I can understand that for last year, as
the plants underwent a load of stress the year before. But we didn't have
any significant storm activity in this area last year, and yet the plants
are still off kilter.

An example: C. aurantiaca bloomed profusely in March. Now it has a viable
sheath coming on new growth. Another C. aurantiaca, acquired after the '04
storms, also bloomed in March, is growing nicely, and shows no sign of
blooming again. There are others; that's just one instance. The plants are
healthy.

Could this be because of the hurricane activity 2 years ago, or is something
else at work? Anyone else experiencing this? BTW, I'll take flowers whenever
they wish to grace us with their presence. Just curious.

Diana