I’m glad you witnessed it this year. I think I mentioned last month in my post when my oculata showed buds that I was needing to stay overnight in 2 houses all week. Back and forth all week. I felt the same anxiety watching the buds swell so I drove the stanhopea with me in my car all week. Lol. Someone on here (think it was DC) made me chuckle saying that vacations should be canceled for stanhopea blooming events. lol 😆
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Originally Posted by Roberta
And I almost missed the blooming. I had a vacation planned... the buds were getting fatter and fatter. They popped before I got home, but I think only the day before, so I got to enjoy them. That is always a hazard with Stanhopeas since the flowers are so short-lived... I have had others that did their thing in my absence and I had to wait another year. Last year the plant tried to bloom, but the buds blasted. So this year, I was hoping against hope that I wouldn't miss out again. Whew!
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