Some seedlings take years to produce flowers. Most of mine I expect to
flower next summer or maybe 18 months from now. I do have a spike on at
least one and a couple are in sheath whatever that means I have about 25
plants not counting the small compot that has about 15 or so babies in it.
I am also new to this, having gotten my first orchid, a dendrobium Caesar
Jacque that had one flower on it and was marked down this summer/fall. I
do have a phal which just opened the last bud on the flower spike last
night, a nice peachy yellowish pink, and a ctsm "Pink Fragrance" which is
the one with 9 buds on the flower spike. It is one of the small orchids and
the flowers will be about 2mm, I think. I try to buy blooming size or
mature plants if I can, but sometimes all I can afford is a seedling.

Shell


"Peter Pan" wrote in message
u...
Yep.. You do have a rather large collection there.. Or, at least to my
standards, anyway. : )

The ones I saw were seedlings.. They were planted on pebble, I think.. And
had about one or two little leaves coming from them.

How long would it take for a plant like this to produce flowers?


"Shell" wrote in message
...
He's talking about the posts of pictures of my orchids
Many are seedlings but many are mature or blooming size and just small
plants naturally.

Shell


"Ray" wrote in message
...
I'm not familiar with the posts on a.b.p.o to which you referred, but
generally mature plants are a bit hardier than seedlings, so will be
better
able to tolerate the cultural mistakes of a beginning grower.

Personally, I don't know that I'd recommend a neofinetia as a first
orchid,
but if you've read enough about them to understand their needs, and
are
comfortable that providing the correct conditions is not a problem,
why
not?

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"Peter Pan" wrote in message
u...
Thinking on buying a new orchid..

I've looked all around Melbourne, and without going into orchid
shows
or
private functions, the only place I can buy a Neofinetia is at this
place
called Collections Corner (which is a bit of a drive away from me)..
Now.. The only thing they have are very small plants.. They are
potted
..
Well .. They're practically the same size as the pictures Shell
posted
in
alt.binaries.pictures.orchids.

Very little with a few leaves coming out from them..

Now.. Would this be recommended or should I look harder into getting
a
fully
grown plant?
I've never had an orchid before and the only reason I chose this one
was
because, well, it's the one I think looks best..

As well as the fact that it is fragrant.. That's rather appealing
too..

I would probably be growing it under fluorecent lights.. (I can
build
some
sort of mini-greenhouse and set it under the lights, with a little
fan
inside it to keep air circulation)..

Still.. I don't know if this would be too hard for me to keep..
Being
that
I
have not had any experiences with these plants..

Anyway.. Thanks for all your time and help.





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