One blooms one blasts
 

So the bad news is my ignea blasted both it's buds that had gotten about 3 inches before it happened. The tiny ones never grew then dried up. It made me think it was going to then broke my heart. I can only think it was humidity as the first one I thought oh did I let it get too dry but the next one I absolutely didn't. They blasted probably about 2 weeks or more apart. The good news on it is that it is growing lots of new leaves and they look much better than last years.

Next I have wubbenii (triangileris x wegeneriana) they say it's a natural hybrid. I love the looks of this little plant. It has opened it's bud now but I haven't gotten a picture of it yet. This is it opening. And I will also put up the pictures of my dried up ignea spikes.

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My emotional progression through your post. ;)

I hope your blooms will be a success next time. :)

Love the chubbiness of the entire plant! That short spike is also desireable to me. My imposter has 2 tall spikes that attracts a certain feline,but all she does is sniff!

:rofl: I know, I feel it every day.

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Thanks I do as well. This is the first time I have gotten the spikes to even grow. I have seen them just start but do nothing. I have to move them soon as the sun is shinning on them early in the morning again and that seems to be when they start going big time down hill.

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I do too. It's such a cute plant. It is going to have one more bloom and that's all I see. Then my redwing is going to bloom I hope. I would love to have imposter. I'm sure I saw one at Fantasy Orchids when I was there last year and what a cool bloom. But until I can get these down better I won't let myself get any more.

Perhaps it's too hot? Masd. spikes blast under stress often times.


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It's not to hot at this time of year. I have them in a North window and it is never even in the 70's in the winter. Can get into the 40's if the wind is blowing. So it was mostly in the 60's and 50's when these blasted.

Then some other kind of stress. Being kept too moist? Too few roots? Maybe too bright?
It's definitely stress of some kind! Mess around with your watering a bit


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I just re-potted it about a month and a half ago and roots were good. I'll try and let it dry a bit as I usually water it every day. If I don't the top seems to dry out and I thought perhaps it was to dry. But I'll let it go a day and water every other day to see. Thanks for your input. I still think I have a problem with humidity and I have to move them out of the window soon as they are going to get heat stress when the sun is shinning on them. But sense I re-potted it the leaves are growing so much better and the spikes at least got that tall I could be just could be getting there.

I have also read that ignea likes more light than some others, not sure if that is true or not.

Lots of Masd. like fairly bright light, but only if their leaves remain cool. I've seen Masd. veitchiana growing happily in near full sun, but with night temps of 45 or below.
You could try a humidifier fan.

The only reason I've ever lost spikes is either keeping the plant too moist, or it is too hot. Usually it will be losing leaves too if it's too hot


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