I have a nice pic from around mid December 2019 of an Fdk. After Dark - initially grown in the shade at the time, along with my other catasetum type plants.
The growth for the 2019/2020 season didn't produce any flower spike(s) ------- or at least at first - no flower spike(s) were produced. I didn't mind at all, as I knew that the orchid would eventually produce spikes one of these days or years.
For 2021 - this year - I gave full sun conditions for some of the plants - including this one here that has been growing in scoria for a couple of years - or a bit more than 2 years now.
This season's growth produced no flower spike(s) just yet. However --- the old bulb from last season has kicked into action ----- with a flower spike coming out.
This one is meant to have 'black'-coloured (near-black-coloured) flowers - even though it's not an 'SVO Black Pearl'. So fingers crossed and hopefully it all goes well. But definitely nice to see a spike coming out from last season's bulb.
I've uploaded a couple of pics - before and after shot, showing the label '
D' that shows the same bulb (that is currently producing the flower spike) in the before and after pic.
In the most recent pics (taken today) - the big bulb with the leaves is not the same leafy bulb in the 'before' pic. The leafy bulb in the 'before' pic is the spiking bulb with dried up bits of leaves wrapped around it.
'before' shot - mid December, 2019. Almost beginning of 2020.
'after' shot - 2-Apr 2021
Fdk. After Dark
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