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Go to Sleep, Phalaenopsis Phil
I've got this one phal...thing will just NOT stop flowering. This
might sound like a good thing, but the spikes don't have much 'Umph' once the flowers pop. Flowers are usually small and not in too much quantity. It's just sprouting another spikelet that will make three (after 2 already !) currently on the plant. I really wanna give this thing a break, so it can put more resources into one, large spike. Go to Sleep ! |
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Go to Sleep, Phalaenopsis Phil
So chop it off and let the plant rebuild its reserves.
-- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! wrote in message oups.com... I've got this one phal...thing will just NOT stop flowering. This might sound like a good thing, but the spikes don't have much 'Umph' once the flowers pop. Flowers are usually small and not in too much quantity. It's just sprouting another spikelet that will make three (after 2 already !) currently on the plant. I really wanna give this thing a break, so it can put more resources into one, large spike. Go to Sleep ! |
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Go to Sleep, Phalaenopsis Phil
Then cut the new spike if the old spike is blooming, so that it will
grow the flowers larger and hold them longer, or just cut all the old spikes and wait for the newest one to grow, but best of all is not to be greedy (or be greedy depending on how you look at it) and cut them all so that it will produce another that will be worth the wait. Jack |
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Go to Sleep, Phalaenopsis Phil
On 26 Mar 2006 15:10:46 -0800, "Jack" wrote:
Then cut the new spike if the old spike is blooming, so that it will grow the flowers larger and hold them longer, or just cut all the old spikes and wait for the newest one to grow, but best of all is not to be greedy (or be greedy depending on how you look at it) and cut them all so that it will produce another that will be worth the wait. Jack It is possible for the plant to bloom itself to death. I had a larger Phal that bloomed for 18 months, and died. Now I would cut the spikes if the plants continued that long. |
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