Beallara Peggy Ruth Carpenter'Morning Joy' AM/AOS

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My Beallara Peggy Ruth Carpenter 'Morning Joy' is finally making a comeback after I nearly killed it a couple years ago. It is the first orchid I got back in 2007 when I started growing orchids. It bloomed several years for me and then it got root rot and nearly died. It only has 1 spike with 4 buds, 2 of which are further behind these first two. So hopefully it will become stronger and larger in the future. I'm just glad to see it blooming again!

I also found a way to have this type of orchid in the house to enjoy the blooms without my cat shredding the leaves. I rub a bit of olive oil on the leaf tips and then put a bit of cayenne powder on the oil. It doesn't seem to bother the plant and has worked now for about 4 orchids since I have been trying it. I wipe it off when the blooms are done and it goes back to the greenhouse.