An Oncidium Mouse Rant Story...

[WaterWitchin]

WaterWitchin is the only witch around with no cat. I'm horribly allergic to them. And four house dogs over 65 pounds each see them as fetch and throw toys, which wouldn't help.

And correct... that was one smart-aleck mouse to select the back side of pbulb only. Pretty sure that particular one left the building... with assistance... and won't return.

Now two tiny little blooms on poor Marguerite. We'll see what else finally blooms out instead of blasting. More than four, I'll take a picture.

[Ray]

You've not really had "fun" with mice until you have raised a community pot of paph seedlings to the point of most of them finally budding together (with faint hopes of an AQ in the future) - then have all of the buds grazed right off the top.

[WaterWitchin]

And likely the final chapter for this poor orchid. Told ya if I got more than a couple of blooms I would share. Here's a photo off Hausermann's website showing what Tsiku Marguerite is supposed to look like:



The fragrance of them is fantastic. And here's what a Mouse Rant Tsiku Marguerite looks like, blooming in all its bud-blasted glory, with hollowed out pbulbs, looks like:



Nope, no fragrance here. It's going into a recovery cloche now. Its sad tale?tail? complete. Recovery is doubtful.