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Old 04-15-2008, 10:52 AM
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R.I.P. Cathy Beck

Still can't post pics in the hybrid thread, so I'm posting them here.

Well, my poor little Den Cathy Beck had a doggie experience. His tail knocked the pot over and then he decided to play with it like a frisbee. All the leaves are gone now. Poor little thing only had two good leaves and now I see that the roots are all dried up. I'm not sure if it's even worth the trouble to try and save. I guess I could try a sphag & bag.
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Old 04-15-2008, 10:57 AM
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You could try the revival recipe. I will pray to the orchid gods......
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Old 04-15-2008, 11:07 AM
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Yes, I can give it a try. I forgot about Daniel's formula and I've used it several times in the past successfully. I really don't have anything to lose so it's worth a try.
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Old 04-15-2008, 11:30 AM
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Looks like this one needs a recovery mate like my Den. Yellow Song did
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Old 04-15-2008, 12:06 PM
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I wanted to cry for you when I read this Sharyn....until I saw the R.I.P. you staked in the pot..........sorry <------ she said as she busted a gut.



P.S. I hope you give in and get another one.
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Old 04-15-2008, 04:06 PM
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I'm giving it a soak and will give it a few weeks; otherwise, it's off to orchid heaven. On a positive note, I'll have an extra little plastic pot!

Sandra: just saw your post! I also had to laugh when I saw how Cyrus played frisbee with my new orchid. Although I was mad at him, I still had to laugh when I saw him chasing my little tiny orchid around the living room.

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Sandra/Sharyn - I love your positive attitudes! Sometimes we just need to laugh when tragedy (oh, the drama) strikes.

I, too, laughed when I saw the R.I.P. sign. I could just picture HOW LONG it took Sharyn to built this little cross with a smirky grin on her face. Or am I just imagining things??
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I think Cathy Beck is jinx'd. Thats two now thats had problems. Whos going to be the 3rd?
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Old 04-15-2008, 04:42 PM
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I think Cathy Beck is jinx'd. Thats two now thats had problems. Whos going to be the 3rd?
I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. (I'm sorry, it is funny. ) My ribs still hurt. I had a hard time looking for the revive recipe, laughing sooo much.

I don't know of the other jinxed Cathy Beck. Who's else fell victim?
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Old 04-15-2008, 05:58 PM
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Sharyn -- It's still green! So not dead...yet. Keep us posted after you use the revive recipe.

Hummer -- Who were the others that fell victim?
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Old 04-15-2008, 06:41 PM
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so far the one turned into a dog toy and the other was attacked during a pillow fight. I always heard jinx's happen in 3's so Im waiting to see who's next. lol
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Old 04-15-2008, 07:39 PM
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I don't have to deal with teenagers or dogs. My cats know that if they go near my orchids the squirt guns come out ( I don't believe in that "three-on-a-match" thing.) My Cathy Beck is going to be fat and happy...I hope
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Oh no that wasn't Den. Cathy Beck in the pillow fight. That was Den. Yellow Song 'Canary'. My Cathy Beck is doing great, fat and happy too. (Sorry Sharyn )

Maybe just Dens in general that's jinxed.
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I am locking everything DOWN tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Including my husband who tends to talk with his hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I stand corrected. Its the Den's that have the jinx, not a particular species/grex.
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Old 04-15-2008, 10:14 PM
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Sharyn, sorry to hear about your Den. I must say that I got a kick out of the cross you made. Will you say a few words before you get rid of it if it does die.
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Old 04-15-2008, 11:55 PM
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Sharyn, looks like some of my influence has rubbed off.

Don't despair, try the magic formula, if that don't work, try sphag n bag.

ONLY when the PS turn totally yellow, have they lost the plot. Hang n there girl.
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I had a laugh over this earlier, sounds like my Bob. My daughter caught him burying her favorite scarf in the backyard today, she left it in the back room (the dog room which they run in and out of to the back yard), and he decided it needed to be buried. She freaked out, and cried...

As for jinxes, does it count that my daughter has decided to move all my plants around when I am not home? I realized it too late, all my new growth is kind of zig zagging, and my Mtdm. opened a bloom upside down and backwards looking, this is when I realized it was not sitting facing where it had been originally while the blooms were forming. ARRRGH. When I asked her she said she thought that the other sides of the plants deserved light too not just the one side I was allowing (ALLOWING) them to have. When I tried to explain to her what she had done she said "Well it's not right to treat them that way Mom, how are they going to grow?" To which I promptly said "Well honey, straight hopefully." I got an eye roll.

Oh and Sharyn, the cross is great, soooo funny.
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Old 04-16-2008, 04:23 AM
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