I have blooms!!!!

[Tarad]

I have blooming cattleyas right now for the first time. I bought several of them awhile back and one that I bought from Macheila orchids is blooming and is gorgeous, will put pics in when i get the disposable finished off. I dont have a real camera yet. The photographer at Best buy wants to see pics of it soooooo this orchid will be at best buy for all teh camera buffs to see )) Tara

[jbigio]

Sound great looking forward to the pics

[Tarad]

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. SNIFFF the bud stalk fell off my pretty purple pink orchids that was just opening up. It was so heavy it jsut broke off. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Ok sniff I am not better but I may live. Tara

[pikevi]

I am so sorry to hear that, Tarad.

I never knew the flowers can just break off because of the weight.

But I do remember two branches on my apricot (dwarf) tree snapped because of shear weight of the fruits. It bore fruits like corn on the cob.

I hope it will bloom again for you soon.

[Orchidflowerchild]

This is the downside of breeding only for size, but not for adequate stem strength. In the old days, the big flowered hybrids had stems the size of your finger or even thumb.

Of course the plants were also three feet tall.

-Cj

[articuno75]

So sorry to hear that! How long will it take to spike again?

[Tarad]

I will spike again in the spring i hope. :-/ One good thing... the buds in water did open so at least I can enjoy them and perhaps share them with someone needing a smile in the next couple of days. Tara

[tizzycat]

Sorry about your spike Tara, can we still see a picture of the buds that opened?

[sandra]

Another sad post that started out with such great potential. Sniffles coming your way from me, Tara.

[Tarad]

Well I can post pics but the pics are bad as I dont have a real camera or digital. I took one of the blooms to a neighbor for a corsage as seh catches my orchid shipments when I am not home. I am getting a loan and buying a really nice camera hopefully tomorrow ) If not I will get a disposable and take pics. Now my blooms that I started the thread with are still on stalk )) The broken one bloomed right after the other orchid bloomed so I have two nice orchids blooming right now. Tara

[articuno75]

The blooms are what count right?