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Well, of course I wait patiently for 1 1/2 years for the 2 buds on this plant to do something. Then all of a sudden they both start to swell. My luck they both opened at the same time, the one in back is upside down, so rather than an awesome psycopsis....I have a weird deformed octopussy thing. Is this a cultural thing or do they do this? It was in flower when I bought it Nov/10...but I think the flower jumped off after day one and left 2 very small buds...which are now the octopus. Other than the way they are positioned, the flowers are beautiful. Thanks for looking & any info.
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Twins! Are they right on the same spike? It may just be a one time thing.
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Oh, and you may need to give it more water to get it to bloom. Mine did the pause thing too and then started blooming regularly once I started to really water it.
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Yes, same spike, one right behind the other...just bad luck, they are a nice size. You are right, I think it had been too dry...I started watering it more a few months ago and misting it....and it came along quickly from there.
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hehe - I think it's cool I mean anybody could have regular blooms, right?
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hehe - I think it's cool I mean anybody could have regular blooms, right?
Gives new meaning to the word specimen Sonya! Guess I'll bring it to our meeting show table for some reactions.
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Gives new meaning to the word specimen Sonya! Guess I'll bring it to our meeting show table for some reactions.
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Ok, now this is better, same plant ...with his "yellow" friend. Much better bloom this time and yes I have been trying to water/mist more frequently which appears to have been part of the problem. Thanks for looking.
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I think it looks very cool -- a real conversation piece and still pretty to boot!
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