The media was composed of coconut husk pieces that were kept wet all the growing season. The coconut pieces essencially melted away from the combination of lots of water and fertilizer. So I put the plant in medium bark until I can go to the beach to gather more pieces of coconut husks to make new media. I wash and soak the coconut pieces carefully as they have a certain amount of salt from being exposed to the sea spray. This plant was pretty well pampered and grew huge but didn't bloom. I moved it to a sunnier spot and then it started blooming, three times so far. Maybe I had it too shady for its taste. On the other hand the plant shed almost all its very dark green leaves when moved to a higher light level and as far as I know Stanhopeas are not deciduous in this fashion. Perhaps this leaf loss was the stress that prompted the plant to bloom. Anyway it did bloom and quite nicely at it.
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01-04-2010, 07:39 PM
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