Several green and spotted orchids are blooming in my pool cage. My favorites!
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Carol Wood’s Recent Bloomers
Here are some pics of some recent bloomers. Blc. Mem. Vida Lee is now specimen size and too big to bring to meeting. Love that plant!
Pot. Burana Beauty
Blc. Island Charm
Blc. Memoria Vida Lee
Blc. Hawaiian Passion
Growing Phalaenopsis to Flower Well
For those of you growing phals, there is an excellent 4 part series by Dr. Wang referenced on the Orchids Interactive forum. I’ve attached links to the 4 articles. Part 3 offers some great tips for getting phals to bloom. Summary of info. I found useful:
Phals grow vegt. at 82* up but need cooler temps to set spikes, ideally 79* daytime temperature
Many commercial growers use 77*/68* day/nite temp regiment for spike initiation for 4-5 weeks at these temps. After spiking, plants can be grown in wider temp. range 63* to 79* to time flowering to a specific date.
Flower spike usually emerges from 2nd/3rd/4th node below upper most leaf.
Plants with young inflorescence (4″ or shorter) can keiki if grown over 82* temp
Temps over 80* can reduce spike size and flower count.
I’m interested in how other members are able to cool their plants here in our hot climate to maximize spike and flower count.
To read the articles use the following links –