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12-29-2008, 06:13 PM
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be interesting to see if, after it is done blooming, those growths continue to grow more as keikis would ... send out roots, etc
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12-29-2008, 07:47 PM
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I've used Superthrive for years and never had something like that on a cattleya - strange indeed.
Brooke
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12-29-2008, 08:39 PM
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i have used superthrive for years and never had anything like that happen....on anything. very weird.
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12-29-2008, 08:52 PM
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I know the answer why they turned out to be flower spikes
I noticed the cutters in the background
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12-30-2008, 11:19 AM
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I really don't think SuperThrive had anything to do with this happening...just a freak of nature thing
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12-30-2008, 12:47 PM
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Hi Susan, When I bought mine (2007), they looked that way before blooming.
If you take a close look at this year's blooms, they started the same way but all was wonderful when blooming. No additives were used, either. I call it my double layer blooms. Not sure why, but who cares!
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12-30-2008, 08:19 PM
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Paul, I wondered about that too. No roots yet. Roger, that was funny, "cutters in the background." However I really was thinking about cutting the weird growths off. I changed my mind when I saw the spikes. Here is a pic of the same plant last Feb. Very normal looking except the spikes were really long. I guess we will never know what caused it.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...hp?photo=10785
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12-31-2008, 08:44 PM
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I am not a horticulturalist(?) but I don't that superthrive has any effect like you show here. I use superthrive with every watering with many different orchids and have never had such a reaction. Just a freak of nature. Keep us posted as the spikes grow and bloom.
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01-09-2009, 05:22 AM
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Hi, Warren here from Australia. I had the same problem with the same plant here, after looking around my other Cat's I found the same effect on a few, now for what I think was the cause of this, fertilzer is the problem. What I think happened is your (my) plants were about to put out new growth's when the fertilzer was applied thus giving this effect. No problems !
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01-09-2009, 06:27 AM
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cool can't wait to see the flowers!
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