In Feb 2015 I bid on a Phal Cornu cervi var chattaladae from vendor who touted his record of successful winter shipping. The plant arrived with a much wetter pot than I'd expect for cold weather shipping, and all its roots died. This was too bad, because it looked to be a healthy plant before shipping. It had two spikes when I arrived. I nursed it to the best of my abilities, and on one spike, what had looked like buds turned into two keikis. The mother plant never recovered, but I moved it from Boston to LA in June 2015 and continued to nurse it and its keikis. Eventually, the mother plant died, and I had to cut the keikis off their dead spike to pot them up. I potted them together in sphagnum. The one that started with fewer roots survived while the other eventually gave up the ghost. I found it difficult to keep them moist but not too moist in the sphagnum, so I moved the survivor to S/H. I am happy to report that I think I can safely predict that the little one is going to live. So maybe in a few years I'll get to see those flowers I want so badly . . .
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Meager savings from a winter shipping gone bad
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