Stanhopeas are especially frustrating with their short bloom and variable timing. Never mind months, a 1 week trip can happen just at the wrong time so that the buds are looking promising at departure , finish just before one's return. Just 1 or 2 days difference in opening can lead to a hit or a miss. And often trips are planned months in advance, so not possible to work around the idiosyncrasies which can't be predicted anyway. Time for a staycation.

Yeah, I didn't go to Brazil this year because I had a job change (a better job, but it still set me back for a couple months), so I can't afford to go.

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And

They will taunt you... Get bigger and bigger, then separate to almost horizontal stems between the two. And then BINGO! The anticipation leads to an even bigger thrill. :)

LOLOL sorry about the post from Will whatever. My roommate was signed on to his account, and I didn't check and didn't realize he was still logged in hahaha. But anyway, that message was supposed to be me lol

They'll taunt you too... :biggrin:

I'm a high school teacher. I'm immune.



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Not yet, but it worked, and I should have blooms in the next couple days.

[QUOTE=Jinh;1006314]Did you end up getting any blooms?



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Not yet, but it worked, and I should have blooms in the next couple days.

[QUOTE=Jinh;1006314]Did you end up getting any blooms?

i often miss the blooming of my plants for one reason or another. it sucks but i take solace in the fact that if it bloomed then it is living wiht an acceptable set of parameters and i can just be patient and i should get the timing right eventually.


the ones that seem to never flower.....they mock me

I once had a plant that i got from Rogue Orchids (same place I got my 'Predator') and it was a new hybrid between tigrina 'Glory of Mexico' and a related genus, the name of which I no longer remember

It grew like crazy non-stop. I bought it in a two inch pot, and within a couple years, it was overgrown in an 8 inch basket...but it never bloomed. Not once. No flower spikes, no blooms. It was so frustrating. I had the plant around 8 years before I gave up and gave it away, so yes, Coconuts, I totally get you. I know the frustration of plants that will not bloom no matter what you do.



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Wait a bit, and I've got a division with your name on it.

i have four plants from Rogue. i killed one, completely my fault. the other three are great plants. one is a cool bulbo hybrid who's name is escaping me that looks like a cobra....i am a fan of Rogue from my limited experience