"K Barrett" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
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But doesn't good light all year make for more robust bulbs?
Isn't this an argument for growing the plant to its best or
fullest potential?
says SuE who does not grow Catasetum at all.

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

I know. This stuff could drive you batty. More robust bulbs tend toward
the
female flower. How then does one get the male flower in nature?

Well, I would tend to say that flowers are not any different than
humans...one male can fertilize so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o many females.... ;-)

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