I keep track of what's going on in Tuktoyaktuk, a hamlet on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, which I visited a number of years ago. The sun has just started to set there. I haven't checked communities higher north in Baffin Island but would imagine sunset/sunrise is similar to what you have in Northern Finland.Ps. Just realized that in Longyearbyen in Svalbad the sun goes down for the first time first next night, when in Lappland it happened last night.
It was new to me too when I came across it on the vendor's pre-order list prior to our show and sale. The flower is huge compared to the plant. I'm glad you like it and hope you will be able to acquire one soon.
Do you mind if I ask how much did you pay for shipping? I'm waiting for three plants to be shipped from Montreal.Hopefully yours will travel as well as mine did. It was packed with a good amount of sphagnum moss around the roots and amazingly none of the roots died during its journey. I tucked it into a small pot nonetheless as I didn't want to overpot and risk root rot. For the first few weeks I gave it a daily misting because, as you know, Orchiata dries very quickly. I eased off on the daily mistings once I noticed it was beginning to form a bud for fear of rotting the bud. I'm pleased with the outcome
It was part of a group order that we pre-ordered before our orchid club's show and sale this spring so the vendor covered the shipping costs.
