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Old 02-29-2008, 10:38 PM
jason woodrue jason woodrue is offline
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Default Lycaste 1 mature bulb - will it bloom?

Hi, this is my first forum thread as i am new here at orchid board.
anyway,

I bought a lycaste hybrid. it had no tag so i do not know the specific cross, except that it had a lovely predominately red flower. I bought it for an art project - i wanted to get a deciduous seasonal orchid to grow out of a real human skull.
Here is the thing: when i bought it it had 2 very large pseudobulbs and 2 small bulbs. all the leaves were gone. i bought it after the flowers had expired. 1 of the large bulbs was turning a purpleish brown. the guy at the store said it was fine, but when i got it home the brown purple bulb got worse and eventually mushy. i unpotted the whole thing and the bulb was totally gross! in attempting to remove the rot, it left me with 3 separate pieces: one healthy bulb with a good new growth on it. 1 completely rotten bulb that i threw away, and 2 smaller backbulbs connected at the rhizome that i have sphag and bagged. I planted the big healthy bulb with the new growth in the skull about 3 weeks ago. it seems to be doing well! Will it bloom? How much should i water it? I have read that when they are actively growing they can be watered alot. what does this mean? weekly? more often? it is growing very fast! i try to photograph it everyday to document its development. when i repotted it the roots seemed all dead. is it growing new roots rapidly to help the new growth get established??? anyones thoughts on the matter would be helpful.
thanks,
Jason.

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