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Old 08-17-2014, 05:50 AM
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Oh no! it was gorgeous, such a shame it's been broken off
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Old 08-17-2014, 09:48 AM
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I agree, don't get divorced over it. LOL. I had the flower spike on mine get too hot and the top 1/3 turned brown. Within a month it sent out 2 sub-spikes and now both are at the point of budding up!
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2 new extensions re grew on the broken spike , nice to know , never to cut off the spike on the psycopsis , time has healed it and my wife has been forgiven
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I am in utter shock this morning , this was on a window sill , and during the night my wife decided to drop the blinds not noticing the precious mariposa , the weight of the blind snapped off the spike and flower head !!!!! , i am not very happy today:mad:
I'm looking at the foto but hey...you've got a green thumb and I bet your wife loves you anyway!
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After a few months wait my Papillio has re bloomed and recovered from a crushing blow to the spike , its happy again
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