Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FEELING BETTER BACK FOR AWHILE AT LEAST, 0 by Gitagal
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Gitagal wrote: Doc--- We both have had the pleasure of seeing this amazing Epi bloom. You called it a "Red Ibis"------is that the official name of this Epi? I have always wanted to know.... How big is yours? I am sure, with all your soils concoctions, yours is a phenomenal size. I got my original cutting from "kachinagirl" (in CA) in 2005. She sent two Red Epis and a Ric Rac cactus--they all came at the same time. The Ric Rac has only bloomed once (2006). One of the Epis--the Ackermanii--has bloomed well since 2009. The red Epi (as above)--just started blooming in 20010--blew me away! As I wrote you in our D-mail--it is now HUGE and very lopsided. It is becoming unmanageable... Of course--thinking ahead--I have replacements for all three already in Hanging Baskets...growing away. Here are pictures: 1--The ONLY bloom I have had on My Ric-Rac--2006. 2--The red Epi--Ackermanii in bloom 3 & 4 & 5--My old, lopsided other red Epi--with the fantabulous bloom. You can see the cruddiness of the fronds...ALL the undersides are perfectly green and flawless...Go figure! Woe be me!!! By the way--Orchidman (my Guru-to-go-to with Epi problems) says that all that gray calloused look and the cracked fronds is perfectly normal for an Epi. PS---For all the rest of you--pleas excuse me for focusing on this again-- but Doc and I talked about all this just now on our D-mails. Can't post but ONE picture per Post there---so I am doing them all here... Gita |