I've had this plant for several years. Bought it bare root at the Pacific
Orchid Exposition from a NZ vendor, and though it took 3-4 years to bloom, it
has been a reliable and prolific bloomer, one of my favorites.

I've kept it in the GH with unvarying light, temp, water and fertilizer, in
S/H for two years. It's done well until this year, when all the PBs and
leaves have turned deep red, as if with excess sun. Two leads began to spike,
but the sheaths and blooms rotted. Needless to say, I excised them promptly
and sprayed vigorously with Physan. The remaining two PBs and leaves look and
feel healthy except for the red color.

Any thoughts?

Tom
Walnut Creek, CA
Nikon D70

Was it our heat in July?

K

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I've had this plant for several years. Bought it bare root at the Pacific
Orchid Exposition from a NZ vendor, and though it took 3-4 years to bloom,
it
has been a reliable and prolific bloomer, one of my favorites.

I've kept it in the GH with unvarying light, temp, water and fertilizer,
in
S/H for two years. It's done well until this year, when all the PBs and
leaves have turned deep red, as if with excess sun. Two leads began to
spike,
but the sheaths and blooms rotted. Needless to say, I excised them
promptly
and sprayed vigorously with Physan. The remaining two PBs and leaves look
and
feel healthy except for the red color.

Any thoughts?

Tom
Walnut Creek, CA
Nikon D70

Hi Dr. Tom, I found this on Google but wondering if maybe it is one that
needs a rest between waterings. How do you do that with SemiHydro?
http://www.orchidworks.com/orchids/plant61c.htm

I am going to do more research.
--
Cheers Wendy

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tbell wrote:
I've had this plant for several years. Bought it bare root at the
Pacific Orchid Exposition from a NZ vendor, and though it took 3-4
years to bloom, it has been a reliable and prolific bloomer, one of
my favorites.

I've kept it in the GH with unvarying light, temp, water and
fertilizer, in S/H for two years. It's done well until this year,
when all the PBs and leaves have turned deep red, as if with excess
sun. Two leads began to spike, but the sheaths and blooms rotted.
Needless to say, I excised them promptly and sprayed vigorously with
Physan. The remaining two PBs and leaves look and feel healthy except
for the red color.

Any thoughts?

Tom
Walnut Creek, CA
Nikon D70

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:08:02 -0800, K Barrett wrote
(in article ):

Was it our heat in July?

K

That certainly may have had something to do with it. Thanks, Kath.

Tom
Walnut Creek, CA
Nikon D70