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lienluu
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To say I am upset would be to put it mildly.... Last night was one of the coldest nights we've had all winter. Before going to bed I checked all the outlets to make sure things were "ok"....which I do everynight.
But somehow, during the middle of the night, the heater on my Cattleya/Laelia anceps house got unplugged and to make it worse, for some reason the back-up heater did not power up.
When I checked the greenhouse this morning the temperature was 26F (19F outside) and all the leaves were frozen solid. I am soo upset. Some of the anceps in there were worth thousands of dollars...as well as some of the cattleyas. I have been collecting these divisions for the past 10 years and all of a sudden overnight, they all froze. Some of those plants I have had for 10+ years and many of the anceps had hundreds of bulbs and had 30+ spikes all about to open!
I checked on them recently (3 hours after heater plugged back in). Some of the plants I am hoping will be able to recover. It looks like all the new growths have died, but there's a chance that the old bulbs will somehow pull through. The new ones are all mushy already but the old bulbs are still hard.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa![Mad :mad: :mad:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
But somehow, during the middle of the night, the heater on my Cattleya/Laelia anceps house got unplugged and to make it worse, for some reason the back-up heater did not power up.
When I checked the greenhouse this morning the temperature was 26F (19F outside) and all the leaves were frozen solid. I am soo upset. Some of the anceps in there were worth thousands of dollars...as well as some of the cattleyas. I have been collecting these divisions for the past 10 years and all of a sudden overnight, they all froze. Some of those plants I have had for 10+ years and many of the anceps had hundreds of bulbs and had 30+ spikes all about to open!
I checked on them recently (3 hours after heater plugged back in). Some of the plants I am hoping will be able to recover. It looks like all the new growths have died, but there's a chance that the old bulbs will somehow pull through. The new ones are all mushy already but the old bulbs are still hard.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa