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11-24-2013, 12:24 AM
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mine is in a cymbidium plastic pot - tall and about 4in. Large bark, 30% mixed with fine and some chopped sphagnum moss, about 10%.
It does smell heavenly !
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Many thanks, I was planning to use the bark, so I will mix large with fine, and skip for sure sphagnum:-)
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12-09-2013, 01:11 PM
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gorgeous and elegant.
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12-09-2013, 03:45 PM
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What a beautiful cymbidium, and fragrant! It looks so much like the orchids in Chinese paintings.
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01-12-2014, 10:02 PM
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So beautiful and elegant! Good growing!
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03-01-2014, 11:34 AM
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I repotted into a 1g cymbidium pot - yes, I know its overpotted, but its an experiment. Its root system can handle the larger pot ! Orchiata mix with long-strand sphagnum moss ( about 1/3 ). I realise I am going to have to be careful with watering now its in a larger pot.
It had 3 growths, now a 4th - possibly a spike ! Interestingly it looks like the leaf variagation has returned, I'm not sure why. It could be because its in a much sunnier position about a foot from a south-facing window.
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03-01-2014, 02:25 PM
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Beautiful!!!
My sinense, which I thought was dying with somes leaves browning and a new growth stopped growing any further, is now pushing two new shoots! yay!
I have no idea as to what flowers I am expecting though. Leaves are pretty, so I'm happy.
I should get myself this Shi Zhan Hong. Do you know if it's just this variety or is it sinense thing that flowering occur twice a year?
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I repotted into a 1g cymbidium pot - yes, I know its overpotted, but its an experiment. Its root system can handle the larger pot ! Orchiata mix with long-strand sphagnum moss ( about 1/3 ). I realise I am going to have to be careful with watering now its in a larger pot.
It had 3 growths, now a 4th - possibly a spike ! Interestingly it looks like the leaf variagation has returned, I'm not sure why. It could be because its in a much sunnier position about a foot from a south-facing window.
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Oh, my, that is beautiful how the light green shoots come out of burdundy colored cover (whatever the proper name for that structure might be)!!!!
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03-01-2014, 05:47 PM
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My ensofolium is spiking AGAIN! I suspect that the reddish shoot you see in your pictures is a spike. Mine come up looking that way. The growths show much more green.
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03-01-2014, 07:20 PM
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NYC - it seems if you can get the culture for ensifolium right, you get rewarded with regular blooms.
Carrie - these are definitely leaves in green growing out the purply sheaths - hence my thoughts on variegation. There is a 4th "growth" which may be a spike...
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03-02-2014, 05:15 AM
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Beautiful!
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03-07-2014, 12:29 PM
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so it's a spike ! You can ( hopefully ) see the difference between a leaf sheath and a spike.
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