Well, I had 2 tubers sprout, but 1 conked out before it could spike -- I suspect overwatering.
However, the bigger healthier one went on to strut its stuff.
Naturally, the first flowers opened just before we left for a 4-day vacation! But when we returned, the plant and flowers had survived their time in the heat and dark (July, no a/c and no lights on while we're away). They all lasted about 10 days each. All of them opened. I am very thrilled indeed.
And now I am watching both empty little pots anxiously, dribbling water on their empty surfaces in hopes of maintaining the tubers til next year. Habenaria rhodochilia is still in leaf and will soon join them.
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Coconut husk chips, charcoal, and perlite - my go-to orchid mix .Excellent aeration, prevents root rot.
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