i HATE when that happens--!!

[janet_a]

so i did battle with my Lc today--divided it and potted up the back half in s/h; there was a new growth on the back half (as well as on the front half) and i was SO CAREFUL not to break the little thing while i was dividing--and then i went and broke it while i was repotting.




ok carry on.

[Sharyn]

I know. We heard you all the way in Chicago.
Don't you just HATE when that happens?

[englandfx]

*sighs*

yes frustration is inevitable ....

[Plucky Purcell]

Sometimes there aren't enough curse words to express that anger. Oh, I know...

Stay strong orchid brethren.

[Tarad]

Oh that iswhat that big sonic boom noise was haha. We can all commiserate. Tara

[fred]

awww janet_a sorry to hear that
they are so fragile
I have had that happen once or twice as well
myself I learned the hard way even when we are careful accidents happen

[rodcuda]

I have found that they will throw another new growth, even from a secondary node very quickly when this happens. Not that I have ever done that.......This week

[exasperatus2002]

So that was what I hear while trenching 35' feet of conduit this morning in the back yard. I thought it was someone getting cut off. You have my condolences.

[brookn]

And here I thought it was the wind screaming lol. My condolences.

[hulaorchid]

Oh, that hurts!! bummers!

[janet_a]

hee!

yes, i'm hoping it will either magically heal, or throw a growth from somewhere else. all else fails, i still have the front half. -sigh-

i swear i'm gonna throw 'em all out and grow cacti.

[articuno75]

Janet~ you could try and use an Elmer's glue and cinnamon paste to hold the break together. It might seal itself and fully heal.

[janet_a]

the media is holding the growth in place; maybe it'll be ok. i doubt it will grow into anything big; i'm just hoping it has another node to throw another pbulb. we shall see.

[benetay]

You are not alone, i thought i was very careful too, i broke 3 bulbo spikes & bulbo don't give off a lot of spikes and they are very very slow growing!

I'm sure it will grow another! Hang in there.

Cheers!

[Brooke]

Mother Nature is pretty smart. She put secondary growing points in back of the ones you see. I'm sure the plant will grow another new pbulb.

Brooke

[rcb]

I've done this, this week myself (i'm in repotting mode) they usually do quickly send out a new one.

[Jirel]

MY pet peeve is the over tall dendrobiums that have to be underpotted, and then always fall over. I picked up two at the show a few weeks ago, they were bare roots and I can tell that the very small pot I have them in is larger than what they WERE in, but every time I move anything near them they fall over and spill all the media out. I'm ALWAYS knocking something over and spilling out the media. grrrrr.

[janet_a]

i have to put my big ones in cache pots--and they're *already* in lava rock in clay pots. they still fall over. so they're sitting in even bigger clay pots.