Sunday

[K Barrett]

I spent a nice day in the GH washing algae off the floor (the floor is red cement bricks) and watering and fertilizing. I'm happy to announce that a peach colored Rhy gigantea has decided to put out a new leaf and a new root. No flowers but hey, as Aaron Hicks always used to say, "grow good roots and flowers can't be far behind." Or at least I think it was Aaron Hicks.... And a red V. Fuchs Delight just *may* be starting a spike.

I'm also bummed that my seedling of (Blc Pokai Queen x ??Treasures of Bogota) isn't flowering as nice as the parents. (I use ?? 'cause I can't rememeber if the second one is a Blc or an Lc and I dont' want to look it up.) I'll put a pic at apbo. I waited 5 years for that to bloom. Not that I'll kick it out of the gH.

K

[Gene Schurg]

KB,

Don't you just hate those Rhy gigantea? I finally have an alba form that seems to be thriving. The other dozen or so I have had in my collection have died a slow and painful death. The one that is thriving is the first one to actually send out new roots. Others have put out leaves but no new roots. I have one that is about 6 years in my care that has never grown any roots and puts out only a leaf a year and not a big one at that!

I cleaned algae with the power washer last week.

Good growing, Gene

[K Barrett]

I can't figure what it wants. I finally have started growing it next to my phals. Low light , sl warmer. But who knows. *G*.

Power wash.... now there's the ticket! I need to get me one of those things!

K