I have officially killed my first plant. This was the Paphiopedilum Odette Doubled which I bought at the POE. After the flower dropped I gradually noticed the larger older leaves falling off. I've seen this before so I didn't worry too much especially because there seemed to be a healthy younger group of leaves sprouting up. I had already repotted this guy so I figured the roots might just be getting used to their environment. Well, when I did finally take him out to check, I saw the roots had this scary scale or fungus which was destroying everything. I don't know if it was scale because the leaves were not at all affected. I tried to move him to this cup and treated it with neem oil and peroxide. What I didn't do was use alcohol to remove the spots that were already there. I think this would have helped. RIP!
I've picked up more plants if you can believe it. This past weekend was the big OSC Mother's Day show and sale where I worked for 2+ hours both days. There was a table that had 3 plants I'd been wanting and there were tons of gorgeous Masdevallias that were all very tempting. I got a D. Burana Green Star (also called Anna Green which is how it was listed on my wishlist), a Masdevallia, a Psychopsis, and an Epilaeliocattleya Mae Bly 'Ching Hua Splash'. Earlier this month I also bought a Zygopetalum and Odontocidium from Trader Joe's. All of these wonderful plants are helping me avoid the day when nothing is in bloom. Oh how I dread that day.
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