first spike success!!!!
 

i looked at my phals today for the first time in a month (i was at college, my mother being the chid sitter) and came home to find that two of my orchids were putting out a spike each. one of them is one that i got DOA almost and is now still reviving. it is a year and a half old, while the other one is a year old and i got it last january. this is the first success with spikes ever and i am super excited to see two of my orchids bloom again. One of them is fighting to be my favorite one (because my favorite one may be on its last leg :_(:_( ) i am very sad about my favorite one because i got it at a greenhouse this july and it is the one that i have always wanted. now it is being wierd and has leafs dying and wierd clear beady substance extruding from the leafs :( all in due time i guess i will see if it lives. but i am still happy about my first spike success!

Congrats on the new spikes! be sure to post pics when they bloom.

I will for sure... it will probably be a long time before they bloom, but one of them is worth the wait :) Ill keep you posted!

Woo-hoo! :wtg:

Just made a new thread and posted pics... BUT :) here is a pic just for you lol :)

Thanks for the picture :) They all look stunning. You sure have lots of nice color in your home with so many blooming orchids! Congrats!

YES. I feel like im a king or something. I won the pink one with three spikes in early November and it has only lost about two flowers. the other one is a harlequin that I got in april that i couldnt pass up. It has random large maroon spots! the others are all over a year old with the oldest being almost three(?) years old. The one farthest to the back was a 30 dollar rescue. bought it from an online seller and it had bad roots. It turned out pretty good :) the next one up is what the first ones flowers were supposed to look like. Saw it in walmart and couldnt pass it up :) then the other two. The pink vein I was given for graduation last year and the yellow one is my first one that I won. They are all very special to me :)

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Im truly blessed to have all you people behind me. Im glad to share my success :)