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disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Hello,
I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it
is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. "Frank" wrote in message om... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it
is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. "Frank" wrote in message om... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it
is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. "Frank" wrote in message om... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
Subject: disaster!!! my poor cymbidium!
From: "Go Gators" Date: 3/16/2004 8:50 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Based on what I see at HD, as I pratically live there I would have to say it is the HD staff who are not too attuned to the care of orchids as the stores in our area are littered with bargain bin orchids for less than $10.00 as most are close to death or just horrible shape. The main reason for these orchids looking like they do is the fact that they water the orchids like they water the impaitents, i.e. everyday!!!! Funny, where I am originally from, they watered them once every other week (sometimes less often). That didn't work too well either. I've also seen them put on bottom shelves, under other plants, where they get almost no light. Most of the orchids that I see and check out are soaked and those that look ill have serious root problems due to the daily waterings. Yours had probably already had its card punched before you bought it and took the nosedive while you were away. Most likely nothing you could have done. I have noticed cymbidiums showing up in our local HD's, however I have also noticed these same plants 2-3 weeks later on the bargain pile with blacktips, rotting roots, and leaves falling off. I've never seen Cymbidiums at the HD here, but the HD here gets them from a local company. They do surprisingly well with the orchids they have, especially compared to the HD in my hometown, which could kill some within a week of arrival. - "Frank" wrote in message . com... Hello, I purchased a beautiful cymbidium about a month ago in HD. It came with two long stalks of buds/flowers and the third one was growing fast and showed 10 buds. There are 4 bamboo shoot like structures around the bottom and I hope they can turn into flower stalks eventurally. The buds opened one by one and the shoots growed taller. Life was great until I left for a biz trip last week. I left on Saturday March 6th. On Friday I watered and feeded the plant. I also adjusted the room temperature to around 60C because I read that low temp. will help with bud formation. But when I returned on Mar12, it is really a disaster scene! All the flowers and buds are almost dead, they are either wilt or fell off!!! The flowers are all gone, the 10 buds on the growing stalk are dropping and turn black. Many black leaf tips and I have to cut those tips. Cannot see much difference on bamboo shoots but I guess they suffered as well. I'm wondering what went wrong? Is it too cold? Is it staying in dark for too long? Six days darkness can be that bad? It is really liveless now. I watered and feeded again. Really hope it can be better. Is there anything I can do to help it? So upset to see a beautiful plant turn bad. Thanks a lot for your help! Tiff theoneflasehaddock |
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