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Old 03-29-2007, 11:01 AM
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Ok.. so I'm not sure if you all remember me but a little over a month ago I posted about receiving two Phal orchid plants from a very sweet new love of mine. I was terrified I would kill them... well here is an update!

After having moved them from my work to home in 20 degree weather... poor things experienced bud blast and I thought for sure I had done them in.

Well I'm happy to report that Plant #1's stalk (or whatevert it's called) continued to grow and has about 4-5 little buds that look like they are getting bigger by the day.

Plant #2 is ROCKING!!! About 3-4 days after the bud blast I noticed that not only is the end of the stalk continuing to grow and have new buds mature, but about halfway down, a new offshoot has begun!!! I'm so excited! The buds on it are still really small but it's getting longer and they are getting bigger every day.

I feel so proud of myself.

Of course... next week I get to move to my new apartment... thankfully the weather is a little bit better here in Wisconsin and it won't be AS cold when I have to take them outside. Should I still be worrying or do you think they will be okay? (I don't want to screw up all the lovely new growth!)

I promise I will try to take pictures when I can... the ones I took last week came out crappy cause I was using my little travel camera and not my nice SLR
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Old 03-29-2007, 11:39 AM
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Congratulations! Isn't it a wonderful feeling when they cooperate?
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Old 03-29-2007, 12:13 PM
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Congrats - see thay are not really that hard to grow!If it is a bit cold out, put them in one of those lightweight styrofoam cooler boxes. They work great during our February show when temps can be -15° C (5° F).
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