Orchid Karma :: An orchid blog » Phalaenopsis Marbella 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 An orchid with “drulleförsäkring” http://www.orchidkarma.com/an-orchid-with-drulleforsakring/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/an-orchid-with-drulleforsakring/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:58:58 +0000 Karma http://www.orchidkarma.com/?p=1213 You just have to love orchids that come with full “drulleförsäkring” (liability insurance for clumsy people, or clumsiness insurance for short). My dear Phalaenopsis Marbella is such an orchid.

This little lady is flowering right now, but it almost was not to be this year. I managed to break the flower spike when watering earlier [...]]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/an-orchid-with-drulleforsakring/feed/ 0 Marvelous Marbella http://www.orchidkarma.com/marvelous-marbella/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/marvelous-marbella/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:32:27 +0000 Karma http://orchidkarma.com/?p=862 True to form, the fabulous Phalaenopsis Marbella flower spike I managed to break (!) a month ago (See: “DANG!!“) has begun to grow again! YES!!

This plant is extremely willing to please, it loves to bloom, and I bummed out for quite some time after breaking the spike. Now she is bouncing back as I [...]]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/marvelous-marbella/feed/ 1 DANG!! http://www.orchidkarma.com/dang/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/dang/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:10:25 +0000 Karma http://orchidkarma.com/?p=786 While watering this afternoon I managed to brake the flower stalk off my Phalaenopsis Marbella… Last time she bloomed the stalk branched off, now I have to hope that she really wants to bloom and decides to branch where it broke istead of aborting the blooming season… #%@*&!!!

]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/dang/feed/ 2 Orchids in semi-hydro status report http://www.orchidkarma.com/orchids-in-semi-hydro-status-report/ http://www.orchidkarma.com/orchids-in-semi-hydro-status-report/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:46:14 +0000 Karma http://electronicmoon.com/orchid_blog/?p=387 I have been dying to try cultivation in semi-hydro for years, and a couple of months ago I finally went for it. I chose a few test subjects and so far the result has been overwhealmingly positive! Here is a status report:

     

Paphiopedilum american hybrid in semi hydro 3 weeks… the roots have [...]]]> http://www.orchidkarma.com/orchids-in-semi-hydro-status-report/feed/ 5