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This Phal has suffered from courier mishandling, the leaves were all bruised and ripped.
The flower spike bud blasted due to stress and there was root rot.
I only had two good roots left after cutting off the rotted ones. I mounted it for maximum airflow, soaked it every morning for 30 mins. And finally after 3 weeks, I can see new roots emerging. Yaaaay.

Has anyone had success with amaryllis in tropical climate?

10 weeks post partum and I decided to fully commit to caring for orchids.I have always dreamed of an orchid garden.
But I often put it in the backburner, thinking that I should do it when we get a new place up the mountains. Late into my pregnancy last year, a thought occured to me. What if I try my hand on caring for an orchid, just one, to see if I can manage it. So I bought a single dendrobium.
January came and I gave birth, my dendobium is well and alive. Come february, I asked my husband not to buy a bouquet of flowers for valentines, but to buy instead a cheap orchid like dendrobium. He however bought a more expensive type of orchid, the phalaenopsis orchid. A gorgeous butter yellow blooms.
I felt ready. So one night while feeding my baby, i went online and ordered 12 orchid plants.
Phals, cattleyas, strap orchids,ryncos and dendrobiums. Must be beginners luck as those varieties are hardy according to my research.
And just like a normal human ordering online. I kept checking the parcel everyday at least every 3 hours. Totally normal behavior 😅
It was the highlight of my mundane postpartum days.
And now my collection has grown into 36 different orchids. Orchids made my postpartum journey easier.