Probably the most exciting flower we had was the Psychosis. We have been (and still are) so paranoid about killing it that we were thrilled that it flowered. It's sequential, but not all of the flowers came to be. It made about 3 flowers and a couple that didn't work before it stopped. It was hard to keep mealy bugs out of there with them living outside.
The new growth it was making rotted off. It cannot have ANY water or dampness of any kind get down in there or anywhere near it. We weren't careful enough. We are hoping it will make another one.
Phragmipedium bessae hybrid
We have be told it is likely a Saint Peter, but of course there's not really any way to know for sure. It looked amazing this year with 3 flower spikes!!! Of course all 3 flowers never looked good at the same time or were even ever all open at the same time, but it was still exciting. We were hoping it would still have 3 for the show next week, but there seems to be only one spike left with any oomph left in it. Might still put it in the show, but not as good. It didn't flower last year because we repotted too late, and it didn't care for that. It made up for it this year though!
The Zygopetalum Jumping Jack also flowered for the first time since we bought it!! It was a flowering division of a large plant, so it needed some time to grow before it could flower again. I think the black spots that get all over the leaves are from it being too hot. Zygopetalums are cool growers, and we just don't really have much in the way of cool here in the summer. I took it to the office for a while so it could be air conditioned safe from the kitties.
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