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.
Last edited by jason woodrue; 05-10-2008 at 04:02 PM..
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