One that wasn’t supposed to make it!

[Bamanana]

I am thrilled that my Rby. Haiku Dawn ‘Sunshine and Raspberries’ bloomed! When I received this orchid, the seller couldn’t get it out of the pot, so he cut through it, clear down a third of the way into the root ball from top to bottom. I whined about it and he refunded by money. I almost threw it away, thinking it was a goner, but my son wisely insisted that I try to save it. That experience makes these two blooms that much more meaningful.

[SouthPark]

Wonderful colours all around. Very nice lip colour and patterns!

[Roberta]

Good save. I suspect that if it was so vigorous that it had to be cut out of the pot, that it had plenty of good roots to spare. Clearly it did just fine. Well done!

[Bamanana]

Actually, I bought 3 orchids from him in that shipment and all 3 were cut like that,so I’m pretty sure that’s just the way he did things. The other 2 didn’t make it. 😢

[Roberta]

The fatalities and the success might have been related to where in the rooting cycle each plant was... if the successful one was pushing roots or getting ready to do it, it would have had a much better chance than if it weren't... the other two likely weren't so lucky. If my hypothesis is correct, that would be one more bit of evidence that the time to repot is at the time of new roots. Of course this is speculation, since we don't have the other two to compare with.