Oh no! Fusarium!! A true Orchid killer!!😢

Lindsey, Den. Nestor is always a beauty and the Ren. monachica is a cutie!!

Oh Lindsey, that sounds terrible. Here's hoping the big guns help out.

Lindsey, sorry to hear you have fusarium problems. Be sure to wear your protective clothing - hat, glasses, mask, long sleeves etc. when you're spraying those scary fungicides! Some of them are really bad for you to get on you, or breathe.

I'm not so far seeing any problems with my orchids, but something has killed off all my tomato plants - even though I planted disease-resistant hybrids. Argh. Think I'll give the Earth Boxes a douse of my Actinovate biologic fungicide and plant a few more plants to see if I can get a few more tomatoes before summer really kicks in.

I only have a few dens now and mostly Phals.

Cattlianthe Candy Corn on March 1st:


Cattlianthe Candy Corn 1 month later:


Two surprises here: First, the flowers last a month! Second, all the internet photos are of old flowers. Is that a common thing to do?

The color does look like candy corn

Lucy68 said: Cattlianthe Candy Corn on March 1st:


Cattlianthe Candy Corn 1 month later:


Two surprises here: First, the flowers last a month! Second, all the internet photos are of old flowers. Is that a common thing to do?

I've done that when I realized I never got around to taking a photo, and the flowers are already starting to fall off, but never on purpose.

Interesting!
Have a look here
https://orchidroots.org/detail...
Perhaps out of a whole group of seedling siblings, yours looks more like one of the parents? Or shows its true colors when mature!

Usually people post pictures when blooms look their best? Or sometimes show a change due to age of the bloom for interest....

I have a few orchids that change color quite a bit as they mature. I really enjoy taking pictures at each stage of change, sometimes every day. eg. my Brassavola 'Yellow Bird' starts out with rosy red petals, and an ivory lip dotted with dark red. You'd definitely wonder why it was named 'Yellow Bird' until you see it a week later, entirely golden yellow.

At least now we know why they named it Candy Corn, anyway. It does have the right colors. Eventually.

dyzzypyxxy said: I have a few orchids that change color quite a bit as they mature. I really enjoy taking pictures at each stage of change, sometimes every day. eg. my Brassavola 'Yellow Bird' starts out with rosy red petals, and an ivory lip dotted with dark red. You'd definitely wonder why it was named 'Yellow Bird' until you see it a week later, entirely golden yellow.

At least now we know why they named it Candy Corn, anyway. It does have the right colors. Eventually.

Nice! Something else to add to the wish list.

All the pinks!
Variegated Phal just starting to open

Pretty!!

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