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Old 19-02-2008, 11:38 AM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
Peter Ashby Peter Ashby is offline
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Default Paphio won't flower

Kenni Judd wrote:


"Peter Ashby" wrote in message
uk...
Around 3 years ago we bought a nice paphio, in flower. After flowering
it grew a new main bract and two new ones below the original one. All
are now apparently mature, the plant has however not flowered again and
is now growing a new bract off to the side.

Any suggestions how to get it to flower again? I have tried feeding it
flowering rather than growth medium but it continues to grow. Should I
simply water it for a while?

No problems flowering the immediately adjacent phal or Cambria.

The temp issue can be at least partially answered if you tell us whether it
has solid green leaves, or variegated/mottled leaves. The latter tend to be
warm-growers, and exposure to cold would not help. The former can go either
way, but many of them tend to like cool. How cool is beyond me, as we don't
try to grow anything cool-ish here, but other posters probably do.

Solid green leaves. This plant sits just in front of the east facing
single glazed window beside the front door. I must get a max/min
thermometer to see what the temp actually falls to just there overnight,
but it was -4C outside overnight and the heating was off between 11pm
and 7am. We heat the house to 18C during the day.

Do paphs need a difference between day and night temps all the time? or
would putting the plant outside during summer/autumn achieve the result?

I am also assuming that by "bract" you mean actual new growths on the plant,
rather than some type of activity on the flower stem that was in bloom when
you bought the plant? Good growing, Kenni


Yes, sorry for the lose terminology, they are new growths. The flower
stem is long dead. The main new growth is now at least as big as the one
that flowered.

Peter
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