Lost bunch of Cymbidiums...

[papayj]

A couple weeks ago, I got somewhat serious cellulitis on my right leg so that I needed to be hospitalized for about two weeks. (sigh) The pain was...so excruciating that it was nearly impossible to walk...

During the stay at the hospital, no one was looking after my collection and I was like...expecting the worst. heh.

And after I got out of the hospital, I was deathly anxious to see my collection, and eventually found out that nearly one third of my chinese cymbidium collection was gone. Other orchids were just doing fine, fortunately.

Interestingly enough, most of the suffered cymbidiums were C. goeringii and C. sinense. Some of them were so weakend that I had to throw them into the trash can. Surprisingly, all of C. ensifoliums were just doing fine with that period without water. In fact, one of them was even sending out its flower spike! Perhaps C. ensifolium is more drought resistant to other Cym species?

Anyhow, I am just grateful that everything, well almost everything, is back normal again. :-)