| RosieC |
07-25-2013 11:25 AM |
Rescue Zygo - Spike!
I'm not usually one to show every spike, growth, new root etc. With 90 orchids you and would soon get board if I posted them all ;)
But this is an exception. Back in January 2010 the zygo I had not long bought rotted off all growth and by April all the roots were gone too. I asked on OB for help here and I want to thank everyone who helped.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...save-chid.html
I was about to trash it when I spotted a tiny tiny growth, and I decided to give it a reprieve... so now 3 years later a spike is the reward at long last :cheer:
It's NOT been an easy road though, the first growth rotted off, then the 2nd and 3rd matured to tiny tiny p-bulbs (one the size of a pea, the other about the size of a runner bean seed) and each of those rotted off as the next growth started. Then last spring a growth started that resulted in a 5cm (2") p-bulb, then in the autumn another new growth which grew over the winter and matured this spring into a 10cm (4") p-bulb just as another new growth was starting. That latest growth looks like it will be bigger than the last, it's still growing, and it has grown very fast... and today I noticed a spike on it!!!
I'm soooo glad that in the early years when the growths kept rotting off again that I didn't give up :biggrin:
Here's the spike! (To the right of the large growth).
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5466/9...2b3af5f478.jpg |
