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I returned from the holidays to find a pleasant surprise:
my Haraella odorata had initiated a spike!
now...i'm not suppose to get the spike wet am I?
i'm used to watering the mount by soaking it upside down. if i now switch to misting, how careful should i be?
I either spray mine from a hand sprayer or totally submerge them, spikes and all. Mine are constantly in spike/blossom and I see no adverse effects. I have heard that wetting the blossoms will get rid of the fragrance, but mine never have exhibited any fragrance I can detect. I know it's not my nose because the faint fragrance of Cischweinfia sheehanae is very obvious to me.
I don't do most Dendros or large, "floofy orchids". For me it's minis (like Angraecoides), Masdies, Paphs, and others that crept in somewhere along the line. See my orchid list for complete collection (usually not current.)
Mine has been in flower for sometime now, it seems similar to Psychopsis in that it keeps putting out flower after flower. It has grown 2 spikes within a year, the first spike putting out a few more flowers after I thought it had finished.
It's a small compact plant so unless you are very careful, you can't help getting spikes or flowers wet, I do this and they have come to no harm. Mine are grown warm and low light.
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