Sedierea Japonica Updates (Project 6a - Spring 2008) - Page 38 - Orchid Board

clare wiseman · #**371** 11-22-2008, 08:20 AM

very cute and full of promise. Now I know I'm really just a beginner.

kiki-do · #**372** 11-22-2008, 11:33 AM

I have a new spike coming on my Sedierea project!

gixrj18 · #**373** 11-22-2008, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by kiki-do

I have a new spike coming on my Sedierea project!

Nice job, Kiki!

camille1585 · #**374** 11-22-2008, 11:57 AM

Hurrah for the new spike!!

I didn't know they bloomed during the winter too. I'm not so lucky. My Sedirea is slowing dying....

Becca · #**375** 11-22-2008, 12:24 PM

Camille, sorry to hear yours is slowly dying? Can we help you figure out what is going on to try and save it?

whygreenberg · #**376** 11-22-2008, 12:32 PM

AWESOME, Kiki!! Nice work! Does this mean you're scoring the Project 6 win??

Oh no, Camille! ...let us know what's going on with yours to see if we can help you rescue it.

camille1585 · #**377** 11-22-2008, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by whygreenberg

AWESOME, Kiki!! Nice work! Does this mean you're scoring the Project 6 win??

Sure seems like she's the winner!

I don't think anyone else got blooms yet that are the result of their hard work! Good job!!

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Originally Posted by whygreenberg

Oh no, Camille! ...let us know what's going on with yours to see if we can help you rescue it.

It suffered from a bad case of mealies for a long time (since august). I thought I got everything with rubbing alcohol, but forgot to check the roots. The new leaf only grew to be a quarter of the size of the others and when I found more mealies two weeks ago, I unpotted it. The roots were covered it them, sucking all the little plant's energy.

I used rubbing alcohol on the roots, but now I'm thinking it was probably a huge mistake. The leaves are starting to wrinkle, from the bottomest one and up, and the two newest roots now have dead blackened tips. I rinsed off the roots yesterday, but I think it's too little, too late.

I bought a systemic insectide today (with imidacloprid) to treat the entire collection because the mealies keep on popping up everywhere. I was going to buy it weeks/months ago, but since the alcohol seemed to be doing the job, I didn't feel like buying a pricey insecticide.

whygreenberg · #**378** 12-20-2008, 02:16 PM

Did the insecticide treatment work for you, Camille?? How's your Sedirea hanging on??

camille1585 · #**379** 12-20-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by whygreenberg

Did the insecticide treatment work for you, Camille?? How's your Sedirea hanging on??

It's hanging on for now. I'm going to spray it again as a preventative mesure, since I have a scale problem on another plant. In it's weakened state, I don't know if the Sedirea would survive a scale attack. I still think it could go either way, so I'm babying it. I think it will lose a few leaves. The roots are still alive, although a bit blackened. I'll keep my fingers crosses

kiki-do · #**380** 01-18-2009, 02:14 PM

Hi All,

Here is an update on my Sedierea Japonica. It's starting to develop individual buds now. This was taken today.

Oh, one more thing, it has one leaf with a real black to the tip end of it. Any idea what might cause that? It's been there a while now and it's not in direct sun. It only gets fairly bright light.