Project #4 - all buds opened! - Orchid Board

Frdemetr · #1 (**permalink**) 02-23-2008, 05:46 PM

Finaly! All Aerangis buds opened! Almost six months after the first sign of spike! It is a world record!! (of slowness). It lost two buds, but for me its OK, this is its first blooming!

Becca · #2 (**permalink**) 02-23-2008, 06:10 PM

Beautiful! I love the pure whiteness of the petals with the little orange nose!

flhiker · #3 (**permalink**) 02-23-2008, 06:40 PM

Great job! By far one of my favorites!

quiltergal · #4 (**permalink**) 02-23-2008, 07:26 PM

Great job Frederico! It was worth the wait.

khill · #5 (**permalink**) 02-23-2008, 08:22 PM

Congrats! I hope mine blooms someday.

Lagoon · #6 (**permalink**) 02-23-2008, 08:42 PM

So beautiful!!

gixrj18 · #7 (**permalink**) 02-23-2008, 10:33 PM

Good job, mine has been dormant all winter. All my other chids are growing like *#!%, and that thing hasn't moved. I think it's dead......but green!

gmdiaz · #8 (**permalink**) 02-23-2008, 10:42 PM

I am so impressed! The blooms are just wonderful.

gixrj18, I've got a do-nothing also. lol

Frdemetr · #9 (**permalink**) 02-24-2008, 09:29 AM

Khill, gixj18 and Gwen,

You could try vitamin B complex (or pure B1 vitamin - tiamine). Besides its root growing properties, B1 vitamin is useful to 'waking up' some orchids (personal experience). 'Superthrive' has B1 plus hormones, it will work too!

gixrj18 · #10 (**permalink**) 02-24-2008, 09:58 AM

I use Superthrive on a lot of other things, but I had a grower tell me that it wasn't very good "long-term" for orchids. Heard anything like that?