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09-10-2013, 09:41 AM
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Ok. Should I just pull off the dyeing leaf?? It's still attached to the plant. Or just let it fall off naturly??
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09-10-2013, 12:01 PM
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Shushu, my Green Valley Sweet Heavenly is almost ready to bloom on two spikes right now. Some of my other oncidiums types are also spiking and a couple of them looked a lot like yours because they were inside of a tightly folded leaf. They are all nice and upright now, though.
Keep us posted and...Congratulations!!!!
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09-11-2013, 09:48 PM
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Shushu, my Green Valley Sweet Heavenly is almost ready to bloom on two spikes right now. Some of my other oncidiums types are also spiking and a couple of them looked a lot like yours because they were inside of a tightly folded leaf. They are all nice and upright now, though.
Keep us posted and...Congratulations!!!!
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Thank you. I'll try. I have a very heave school schedule this semester. But I'll try.  |
09-11-2013, 10:35 PM
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Congratulations on your spike, I have 2 Oncidiums blooming now
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09-11-2013, 11:43 PM
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Thank you for replying. ^_^
Is it natural for the tip of the "flower spike" to be bent like the way it is in the picture??
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This happens sometimes to my Oncidiums and if I see it happening I always try to gentry free the spike from whatever is trapping it. My Twinkle is spiking like crazy right now and I've already had to help out two different spikes. |
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09-12-2013, 05:00 PM
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Thanks. ^_^
Should I give it bloom buster fertilizer?? Or should I keep giving it the other one I have??
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09-12-2013, 07:44 PM
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Fertilize as usual.
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09-12-2013, 10:21 PM
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Fertilize as usual.
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Ok. Thanks. ^_^ |
09-13-2013, 08:04 AM
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Thanks. ^_^
Should I give it bloom buster fertilizer?? Or should I keep giving it the other one I have??
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Bloom boosters don't really help. They have lower nitrogen which helps if your nitrogen levels were too high and thus stopping spiking. But current advice on fertiliser concentration should not cause this problem anyway. Once it's started spiking there is no point anyway. It used to be thought that the higher phosphorus in bloom boosters helped blooming but that is no longer thought to be the case. |
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09-13-2013, 05:38 PM
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It looks like it is waving hello to you!  |
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