My Tiny Garden - King orchid.

Dendrobium Nobile Comet King 'Akatsuki' to be precise :)

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I got it in winter a year and half ago and it was a battle since. It was on sale in a supermarket. It almost finished blooming (it was just those few flowers that I photographed) and there was only one plant left. I had to get it - if you saw those very big, pink flowers with amazing floral fragrance you would too.
But since it was in a shop for a while it wasn't in the best shape - nobody cares for them there.

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So what happened? Well.. it bloomed for a little bit longer and then it started to grow new canes - all good it seems, but whenever a new one grew it was dying off. With no new canes the plant would die soon. After months I managed to get five little keikis(those are young orchid shoots) and planted them separately. They survived the next winter... and grew more this year.

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All seem good and on the right path right now. Now I have 4 plants (1 went to my sister already) and maybe in 2 years I will see some blooms again. With a bit of luck (but it is a very big maybe) next year. But I wouldn't count on that one.

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I am just happy he is fine now.

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