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Hi all: I have been growing a beautiful psychopsis for over a year now. It
came with two spikes that have bloomed continuously and then sent up another, which has also been blooming. Then the cat discovered it. Normally, my cats don't bother the orchids, although they have knocked a few off the table. The sight of a butterfly floating in the air was too much for the kitten. He broke the reed near the top. Here's the question...there is a node near the break that appears to be forming a new bud. Could this be true? Or, am I just seeing what I want to see? Tamra |
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:58:48 GMT, "Tamra Eastman"
wrote: Hi all: I have been growing a beautiful psychopsis for over a year now. It came with two spikes that have bloomed continuously and then sent up another, which has also been blooming. Then the cat discovered it. Normally, my cats don't bother the orchids, although they have knocked a few off the table. The sight of a butterfly floating in the air was too much for the kitten. He broke the reed near the top. Here's the question...there is a node near the break that appears to be forming a new bud. Could this be true? Or, am I just seeing what I want to see? Tamra Psychopsis can and sometimes do branch on their own. The chance that this branch is developing sounds very good. Poor kitty just could not take the temptation. You had best find another home for the Psychopsis or a way to shield any new blooms from the kitten. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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In article , Susan Erickson
wrote: On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:58:48 GMT, "Tamra Eastman" wrote: Hi all: I have been growing a beautiful psychopsis for over a year now. It came with two spikes that have bloomed continuously and then sent up another, which has also been blooming. Then the cat discovered it. Normally, my cats don't bother the orchids, although they have knocked a few off the table. The sight of a butterfly floating in the air was too much for the kitten. He broke the reed near the top. Here's the question...there is a node near the break that appears to be forming a new bud. Could this be true? Or, am I just seeing what I want to see? Tamra Psychopsis can and sometimes do branch on their own. The chance that this branch is developing sounds very good. Poor kitty just could not take the temptation. You had best find another home for the Psychopsis or a way to shield any new blooms from the kitten. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php Two thoughts: First, if you have a growing area that you want to protect from a rambunctious kitten, try putting a product called "Sticky Paws" (available online from the Drs. Foster and Smith catalogue and in some pet stores) around the area. This is a double-sided clear adhesive tape that cats HATE to touch. You might also put orange peels on top of the potting media--a nice smell for humans but most cats don't like the smell of citrus. When kitty is older, he will probably ignore the orchids. My two older cats enjoy lounging beneath the oncidiums and miltassias and don't harm the plants at all, but the youngest cat ocassionally has a lapse and tries to use the leaves as floss... Second, I've often wondered whether orchids are all that different from some other plants in that if you pinch back flower spikes, they then bush out and you get even more flowers. One time I dropped an orchid (can't remember what it was now) and snapped off a spike, and some months later, it did branch out. It could have just been a coincidence, but I'll never know. |
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In article , Susan Erickson
wrote: On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:58:48 GMT, "Tamra Eastman" wrote: Hi all: I have been growing a beautiful psychopsis for over a year now. It came with two spikes that have bloomed continuously and then sent up another, which has also been blooming. Then the cat discovered it. Normally, my cats don't bother the orchids, although they have knocked a few off the table. The sight of a butterfly floating in the air was too much for the kitten. He broke the reed near the top. Here's the question...there is a node near the break that appears to be forming a new bud. Could this be true? Or, am I just seeing what I want to see? Tamra Psychopsis can and sometimes do branch on their own. The chance that this branch is developing sounds very good. Poor kitty just could not take the temptation. You had best find another home for the Psychopsis or a way to shield any new blooms from the kitten. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php Two thoughts: First, if you have a growing area that you want to protect from a rambunctious kitten, try putting a product called "Sticky Paws" (available online from the Drs. Foster and Smith catalogue and in some pet stores) around the area. This is a double-sided clear adhesive tape that cats HATE to touch. You might also put orange peels on top of the potting media--a nice smell for humans but most cats don't like the smell of citrus. When kitty is older, he will probably ignore the orchids. My two older cats enjoy lounging beneath the oncidiums and miltassias and don't harm the plants at all, but the youngest cat ocassionally has a lapse and tries to use the leaves as floss... Second, I've often wondered whether orchids are all that different from some other plants in that if you pinch back flower spikes, they then bush out and you get even more flowers. One time I dropped an orchid (can't remember what it was now) and snapped off a spike, and some months later, it did branch out. It could have just been a coincidence, but I'll never know. |
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:58:48 GMT, "Tamra Eastman"
wrote: Hi all: I have been growing a beautiful psychopsis for over a year now. It came with two spikes that have bloomed continuously and then sent up another, which has also been blooming. Then the cat discovered it. Normally, my cats don't bother the orchids, although they have knocked a few off the table. The sight of a butterfly floating in the air was too much for the kitten. He broke the reed near the top. Here's the question...there is a node near the break that appears to be forming a new bud. Could this be true? Or, am I just seeing what I want to see? Tamra Psychopsis can and sometimes do branch on their own. The chance that this branch is developing sounds very good. Poor kitty just could not take the temptation. You had best find another home for the Psychopsis or a way to shield any new blooms from the kitten. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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