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Originally Posted by Phal grower
Keep us posted rabbit. I have one that has refused to bloom.
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I got this in '08 - didn't get a spike until last year (but that withered without blooming) - I had gotten fed up with it, and left it outdoors all winter (mostly sheltered from rain, tho may have gotten a bit now and then - sheltered from frost, put in the garage if there was a chance of freeze), not watering it more than once a week - who knew it it would take that treatment quite well??? ... It had been outside since spring/summer of '11, until I just recently brought it inside hoping to save the remaining spike on it.
It now mostly gets a quick shower for water, rather than a soak, tho I have been soaking once a week, but stopping now - don't want to lose that bud!, haven't fertilized it in a quite some time. It's been going thru winter without fertilizer. The spike last year died after I started to fertilize - I really don't know if that's what caused the spike to abort - but, this year, I've not fertilized since I first saw spikes, and hadn't gotten fertilized over winter at all ...
I don't know - at least in my case, seems that less (less care - water, fert) is more ...
I'll definitely keep everyone posted! Good luck with yours!
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Originally Posted by Orchids4ever
My Fingers are crossed !!!!
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Thank you, Monika!
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