It is almost a miracle that this orchid survived and grew large enough to bloom. I brought it as a small seedling from Kawamoto orchids around eight years ago. Unfortunately this plant went through a streak of unremitting bad luck. At first it grew vigorously but then its media stayed too wet and it lost its roots, this was a severe set back for the orchid. Then it had to slowly rebuild its root system, when it was on its way to recovery it was attacked by brown scales. I removed every single scale and treated the plant with insecticide, but the scales proved to be an stubborn foe. Finally, last year things started looking up for this plant and it produced its largest pseudobulb to date, which by normal Encyclia standards is of a mediocre size, but nevertheless it was pleasing to see the plant do some progress. The plant produced just three flowers, this is the first to open, certainly not an impressive performance, but hey, it's a start!
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