Annoying NOID!!

[Cavs n' Orchids]

Well, I guess at least it is flowering, but pretty pathetically. It blasted about 12 buds for no apparent reason. Nothing changed to cause it. I am pretty disenchanted with my phals lately. Many are just giving up for no visible reason. Healthy root system, good temps, no visible pests or disease, lots of big healthy leaves, and then all of a sudden the leaves just go limp, slowly turn yellow and fall off, and then the whole plant dies. I have been growing phals for 10 years and it seems like some are resilient and others just eventually give up. Very frustrating. My cattleyas on the other hand love me. Maybe those mass produced phals that are packed in sphag like cement and forced to flower just run out of energy and thats why they give up. Hmm. Annoying anyways, and I am done with collecting them for the near future. Didnt think the day would come that I would be so picky over orchids, but my Phals just dont hold a candle to my catts anymore. (Other than the massive white phals, those are classic and timeless...)

Anyways, here is my little NOID