Orchid Karma :: An orchid blog » bud blast http://www.orchidkarma.com My name is Karma, I am from Gothenburg, Sweden and I blog about my orchid obsession. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:30:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Phalaenopsis bellina bud drop http://www.orchidkarma.com/phalaenopsis-bellina-bud-drop/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/phalaenopsis-bellina-bud-drop/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:02:26 +0000 Karma http://www.orchidkarma.com/?p=2748 It’s bellina season again… It smells lovely in the warm vivarium right now, although I think my particular clone has a pretty weak scent for a bellina. Some say one flower can fill an entire houses with its fragrance, mine is definitely a bit more shy than that but I do not mind. This species likes [...]]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/phalaenopsis-bellina-bud-drop/feed/ 6 Dang! The Leptotes bud failed… http://www.orchidkarma.com/dang-the-leptotes-bud-failed/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/dang-the-leptotes-bud-failed/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:10:34 +0000 Karma http://www.orchidkarma.com/?p=1708 I know you have all been holding your breath, crossing both fingers and toes, hoping this latest little Leptotes unicolor bud would make it… but alas. No dice. Number 5 in order to go to an early grave… tough to watch. I appreciate all the positive energy coming this way though. Perhaps better luck next season.

]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/dang-the-leptotes-bud-failed/feed/ 2 Leptotes unicolor budreport http://www.orchidkarma.com/leptotes-unicolor-budreport/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/leptotes-unicolor-budreport/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:34:54 +0000 Karma http://www.orchidkarma.com/?p=1681 The bud is still hanging on this morning… and it is looking good. Last time it bloomed I had it in the nano-vivarium, and the growing conditions in this vivarium are so much better, so I really cannot figure out what the problem is. At this point I am keeping both fingers and toes crossed hoping [...]]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/leptotes-unicolor-budreport/feed/ 3 Leptotes unicolor bud blasts http://www.orchidkarma.com/leptotes-unicolor-bud-blasts/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/leptotes-unicolor-bud-blasts/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:41:38 +0000 Karma http://www.orchidkarma.com/?p=1672 This is the most frustrating thing ever… My Leptotes unicolor is setting bud after bud that inevitably blasts (shrivels up and dies) before maturing to flower. I have watched at least 4 buds go the past few weeks and there is currently a new bud on the way. It is at the critical stage [...]]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/leptotes-unicolor-bud-blasts/feed/ 3 Angraecum bud-autopsy http://www.orchidkarma.com/angraecum-bud-autopsy/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/angraecum-bud-autopsy/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:38:55 +0000 Karma http://orchidkarma.com/?p=906 The Angraecum villain hunt continues. Day two. I had already looked all over the plant for any kind of insects but did not see anything.  I am still trying to figure out why this one bud would fail, so I decided to perform a bud-autopsy on the mysteriously blasted Angraecum bud… No vermin found. Not even when scrutinized [...]]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/angraecum-bud-autopsy/feed/ 6 Mysterious Angraecum florulentum bud blast http://www.orchidkarma.com/mysterious-angraecum-florulentum-bud-blast/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/mysterious-angraecum-florulentum-bud-blast/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:19:45 +0000 Karma http://orchidkarma.com/?p=902 Now I am a bit confused … one of the buds on my Angraecum florulentum has begun to fade. The other 4 buds are thankfully developing nicely and are looking fine – so far. I really have no idea why this one bud (top left) has decided to blast on me.

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