Haraella retrocalla (Project 8 - Spring 2009)

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by nenella

I have some sad news... my Haraella got stem rot, the leaves started falling off and there is one left with a new leaf growing. It had 2 spikes on it but I cut them off to give it an other chance.. it has quite a few roots which you can't really see in this photo. :
I can get it to keep on growing...

Oh no! Hope you can get it to pull thru! I wish I could send you one of mine

[shadytrake]

Hi All,

Mine finally stopped blooming and started growing. I have 2 new fan growths this year and I assume it will start throwing buds very soon. Mine is a prolific bloomer even though they are small compared to others in the project.

[Petterss]

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[shadytrake]

The new fans on mine are growing like a weed and it put out another spike. Bloom should open in a week. Yay!

[shadytrake]

Mine is blooming! I caught a slug on it last night but I caught him early. He is now a squashed slug.

He didn't get a chance to eat the bloom! Yay!

[nenella]

So any one still have their original plants from this project?
I'm seriously contemplating getting an other one, as they are just too cute.

[camille1585]

Mine died loooooooong ago, from stem rot. I also want another , especially since they're so cheap!

[billc]

Mine died just last fall and I'm not sure why. It was chugging along just fine and then it starting losing leaves and that was it. I don't know what it's average life expectancy is but 5+years isn't too bad for a plant that was in bloom as much as this little cutie was. I will certainly get another if the opportunity arises.

Bill

[shadytrake]

Mine died in the heater theft 2 years ago. Bummer because it was a fun plant to grow.

[camille1585]

This weekend I discovered that there has been yet another name change for this orchid. I don't know when it dates from since I'm no good at keeping up with these things, but Haraella retrocalla (or odorata) is now known as.....Gastrochilus retrocallus.