I sell them, give them away, but mostly I hoard them for myself. Right
now I have eight or so baskets of Costarricesis that are big enough to
sell, but I think all of them are allready spoken for. If they don't
all go in the next few months I'll give you first crack at one since
you asked. I have some more of those that are alot younger. I won't
let them go untill sometime next year. I will be dividing a
Gigantia(or Grandflora) in the spring. That one should make about five
good plants. All the other kinds are a good year and a half to two
years away before I'll let them go. (I only like to sell once they
are very established and good size)
I don't know if I should post this, cause I think I may want a
division of this one myself:
http://www.greenleaforchids.com/
It's 100 bucks but it sure is a nice plant!!
NOOK
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:17:37 GMT, "Diane M."
wrote:
hi Nook, Are you selling Stans?- I might be interested. I only have 2 right
now and I know there are several varieties.
Diane
"nanook" wrote in message
.. .
From the looks of those plants, it will be next year probably at the
earliest before they bloom. They can sneak up on you and flower when
fairly small. I grow lots and lots of Stans from flask. You can have
the seedling from the same flask and some will flower a year before
the other ones!
Jeffs setup is very close to how I grow and fert. once they are big
enough. except I hang the baskets under the eves on my deck outside.
Inside I used to keep them in the back shaded by large vannilla vine
and other Vanda baskets blocking alot of the light. In recent years I
have moved them more to the front and they do better and better. I
have a large 12" basket hanging by the door of one of my grow rooms
with nothing shading it (it is about 5' away from a 400 watt MH and
about 4' away from a 400 watt MH and a 400 watt HPS,) and it grows and
grows with no visable leaf burn.
Good Greenery
NOOK
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 06:16:53 GMT, "Diane Mancino"
wrote:
haha, Jeff I'm reading this at 2am (heartburn), I got everything but "the
triple-wall polycarbonate". Sounds like it's in a greenhouse. Very
different
conditions here in New England, but stanhopeas are grown here. I have the
same seedling that Shell has- These only have 4 -6 leaves in a 3" net
pot.
You think it could spike at that size?
I agree with adding more light, mine perked up when I put it outside- I
might need to conceder a grow light since I've put mine inside for the
winter...unless it would like a chill.
I saw a halogen plant light at Wal-Mart- anyone use halogens? Looked like
a
good idea for a tight space.
"P.J. Bloodworth" wrote in message
thlink.net...
Hi Diane,
I am in humid central North Carolina, and have been growing the plant
in
an
enclosure under a single layer of gray triple-wall polycarbonate, which
I
have found cuts out about 50% of the ambient light. It is up in the
section
where structural members give a little more of an intermittent shading
effect. At any rate, I have observed no burning of the foliage, which
supports the notion that they can tolerate and may prosper in a near
Cattleya-like light regime. In R.O. water, I use Grow More 20-10-20 @
1/2
tsp gal during spring, bumping it up to 1 tsp/gal during the summer at
every
watering about once a week. No adjustments of pH have been necessary.
Between watering/fertilizing events, which consist of dunking the
entire
basket into a reservoir of the fertilizer solution, I heavily mist the
plants w/ R.O. water once a day in the morning if the surface of the
medium
appears dry. This has encouraged the proliferation of live sphagnum
moss
(that probably came with the seedling) over most of the surface of the
medium. Several weeks ago, when the ambient temperatures backed off, I
began
using Grow More 6-30-30 (Bloom Formula) @ 1/2 tsp/gal. During the
winter,
the minimum temperature in the enclosure is about 57-58 F.
Good luck,
Jeff
"Diane Mancino" wrote in message
t...
Hi Jeff, what conditions are you growing in, feeding etc. - what ever
your
doing I need to try it
"P.J. Bloodworth" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I obtained a small Stanhopea oculata seedling from Oak Hill in 5/02
for
a
very reasonable $4.00. At that time, the longest leaf blade, not
including
the petiole, was 5" atop a pseudobulb about 1/2" in diameter. I
placed
it
in
a 10" wire basket in pure sphagnum moss. Since that time, it has
grown
steadily longer leaves (5", 7", 6",11") on a single lead. The
largest
pseudobulb is now 1" in diameter. To my amazement, I saw a spike
this
morning protruding from the bottom of the basket! If this is any
indication,
your wait may not be so long.
Jeff
"Shell91" wrote in message
y.com...
I have just gotten a Stanhopia oculata on eBay. I have been
doing
some
reearch on the web but I can't find anything on how old a plant
has
to
be
to
flower. Is it like most and needs to be several years old?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=42 21
8
&rd=1
This is the page for the auction. Any opinions on the plant?
Shell