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Aerangis luteoalba var. rhodosticta
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| A) October 4th, buds developing. |
We have this orchid for a little more than four years now. It has bloomed every year since 2015 and it even bloomed twice per year a couple of times. This year, it wasn't too happy though. So Arne had to come to terms with the use of a systemic fungicide at least once a year and that has helped our Aerangis luteoalba var. rhodosticta. Since he is only 'experimenting' with the use of fertilizers, he has started to cut down on the treatments. Whether there is a positive or a negative outcome, still remains to be seen in half a year or so.
If the effect of the fertilizer is only transient, perhaps we can skip using it in the future and just focus on adjusting the level of light instead. This year it has four flower stems carrying 45 flowers including three buds.
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| B) The weather was quite warm on November 4th. So we took this close up picture outside. |
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| C) The entire orchid indoors, November 11th. |
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| D) All flowers in full bloom today, November 24th. Too cold to be outside. |
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| E) If you look really closely, you will see some abnormality on some of the petals. We couldn't quite figure it out but perhaps it is temperature related. Something we will have to figure out! |
It has been a quiet few weeks from me but I'll be sure to post more during this Thanksgiving weekend. Here's a final picture for this post, all of our orchids are indoors, warming up from the intense cold outside!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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