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10-29-2013, 10:13 AM
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Zygonisia Cynosure var blue water sailing
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10-29-2013, 10:20 AM
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Wow! That's gorgeous.
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10-29-2013, 10:46 AM
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Beautiful coloration!
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10-29-2013, 11:28 AM
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Quite amazing!
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10-29-2013, 12:26 PM
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Love this one:-)
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10-29-2013, 03:19 PM
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Lovely! I have one of these and can't seem to strike the right balance with watering. What's working for you?
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10-29-2013, 03:53 PM
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I thoroughly water weekly, its in a clear pot so I can ensure that the sphag is moist too. It has a lot of roots and they change colour to green with watering.
Mix is medium bark interspersed with long-strand sphagnum moss ( about 80/20 ).
I fertilise, weakly, at every watering and alternate fertilisers. I do this irrespective of the season.
Its in a south-facing window without protection, about 2 feet in, so it does gets a fair deal of sunlight.
It also reliably spikes with each new growth. This is the first time however with so many blooms. Usually gets 1-3 blooms per spike. I got this plant in January 2012 as a bigger seedling.
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10-29-2013, 04:36 PM
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Gorgeous blooms and a great show with so many! Congratulations!
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10-29-2013, 10:35 PM
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Fabulous!
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02-08-2014, 03:50 PM
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update - a new growth and a spike that's evident in the photo.
Also a photo showing 2 seedpods. They are relatively large when compared to the size of the mother plant. The last seedpod took 8.5 months to dehisce.
I don't know why more people don't grow this hybrid - its small, easy grower and 1 bulb = 1 spike. Fairly spectacular flowers....
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