My Tiny Garden - Phalaenopsis Elegant Debora

What a lovely name it has... Elegant Debora.
And I thought I almost lost it. All because the environment they are used to in nurseries (or more like orchid mass production factories) and not exactly the same as we have in homes.

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Imagine the poor plant being pushed to grow fast and bloom fast with special light, temperature and feed. Then they are packed and spend days and days in transport, dark boxes, often in very cold temperatures, or very hot, depends on the season.

Then they up in a shop where most likely no one will take care of them. Some get sold to new homes, some slowly die there.

_{Lumix DMC-FZ8 (f/2.8, 1/13, 6mm, ISO200)}

So when I got this one I was thrilled! Just look at it! I took those photos almost right after that. Such gorgeous deep colour with delicate edges and so many blooms and even more to come.

Forget about it! Phalaenopsis are sensitive to changes and yes, if they get too much stress they will lose the flowers. And so I was watching the lowers drop one by one. Not a single bud opened and they also dropped :( It was terrible and for a very very long time she did nothing. Just sitting there.

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The next season when my other orchids were blooming away this one looked exactly the same as a year before. No blooms for me. This summer she started to grow. Leaf by leaf... slowly...
I am hoping for some blooms this spring. But we will see. She is recovering. She will be bloom again... eventually.

_{Lumix DMC-FZ8 (f/2.8, 1/13, 6mm, ISO200)}

So if you have an orchid that dropped all the flowers after you took it home - give her some time. She just need to adjust to new place.

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My other Orchids:

• Phalaenopsis Sogo Twilight Rainbow
• Procatavola Golden Peacock orchid [6 photos]
• Dendrobium Biggibum var Compactum
• Promenaea Limelight x xanthina
• Dendrobium Comet King Akatsuki
• Dendrobium Purple Happiness
• Epidendrum Ibaguense orchid
• Dendrobium Stardust 'Chiyomi' orchid
• Mini Phalaenopsis orchids + very basic orchid care
• Dendrobium Kingianum orchid in bloom
• Most beautiful orchid buds

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