Wow, wow, wow! I haven't had this much surprise and excitement from orchid flowers for a while! There is only 1 more week of lectures this semester, and I get to have a break from teaching tomorrow due to SpringFest. So I had a tiny bit of relaxed time thinking about the neglected orchids. When I opened up the Corybas container which I haven't looked at for 3-4 weeks, there were two small, but superbly wacky flowers greeting me! Indeed, I wasn't so hopeful that they were still alive. The plants gradually became pale and faded away around the last Christmas, so I was assuming that they may be dead. About 1-2 month ago, I did notice that some small leaf-like things were coming out among the carpet of moss, but I wasn't sure if it is the orchid or some weeds. Corybas geminigibbus is from Malaysia and Indonesia, and its habitat is mossy thick humus in montane forest. In Peninsular Malaysia, it is reported to be abundant but only one loca...
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