[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

Snowball, I notice that your canes are getting progressively taller. Looks to me like it is just a matter of time before the plant reaches a more mature size, and then I expect you will have some flowers. I have a noidy Den I got on a raffle table when that was about all that was fit left. I kept it out of curiosity, and it has been several years like yours, and has gotten bigger and bigger growths each year. Just need to be patient. Have a friend with a Phal type Den that has never stopped blooming in 2 years, so she keeps watering. We call it Super Den.

I have my problem bigibbum that regressed to tiny peas sized bulbs over a couple of years that I severely dried off last year. Pea bulbs shriveled to non-existence, and this summer put out a modest but respectable growth. Been watching for time to severely dry it again, and actually decided it was time and set it aside to be watered only occasionally, when a week later it started a new growth. ?*?%?$?#@ I am watering it again, and hoping the plant will mature this growth really fast for a late winter rest.