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Should I remove leaf?
I have a new flower spike coming out under a large leaf. It will have
a long way to grow around the leaf before it can start growing vertically. Should I remove the leaf? The plant has four leaves and this is the biggest. All leaves are very healthy. On another note - every orchid I've ever bought in a nursery always has two flower spikes. With all of my plants and the many times they have bloomed I have never had more than one per plant. How do they do it? Thanks |
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Should I remove leaf?
YvonneD wrote:
I have a new flower spike coming out under a large leaf. It will have a long way to grow around the leaf before it can start growing vertically. Should I remove the leaf? The plant has four leaves and this is the biggest. All leaves are very healthy. On another note - every orchid I've ever bought in a nursery always has two flower spikes. With all of my plants and the many times they have bloomed I have never had more than one per plant. How do they do it? Thanks No do not remove the leaf. Rotate the pot's orientation to the sun and the inflorescence may grow towards the light. K Barrett |
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Should I remove leaf?
YvonneD wrote:
I have a new flower spike coming out under a large leaf. It will have a long way to grow around the leaf before it can start growing vertically. Should I remove the leaf? The plant has four leaves and this is the biggest. All leaves are very healthy. On another note - every orchid I've ever bought in a nursery always has two flower spikes. With all of my plants and the many times they have bloomed I have never had more than one per plant. How do they do it? Thanks The second question, they force them with ideal feeding schedules, light and warmth to delay the blooming then they drop the temps to normal range and the fattened plant just can help but throw multiple spikes. This also throws off the plant's natural metabolism. Takes a awhile to get it to bloom again on a normal schedule under normal conditions. K Barrett |
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Should I remove leaf?
On Jan 14, 11:24*am, K Barrett wrote:
YvonneD wrote: I have a new flower spike coming out under a large leaf. *It will have a long way to grow around the leaf before it can start growing vertically. *Should I remove the leaf? *The plant has four leaves and this is the biggest. *All leaves are very healthy. On another note - every orchid I've ever bought in a nursery always has two flower spikes. *With all of my plants and the many times they have bloomed I have never had more than one per plant. *How do they do it? Thanks The second question, they force them with ideal feeding schedules, light and warmth to delay the blooming then they drop the temps to normal range and the fattened plant just can help but throw multiple spikes. This also throws off the plant's natural metabolism. Takes a awhile to get it to bloom again on a normal schedule under normal conditions. K Barrett Thanks for answers. |
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Should I remove leaf?
it also has to do with the genetics of the plant--one of mine throws
double spikes each time it blooms, and has done so since its first spiking. another of mine always has at least one spike going; it's in bloom at the moment and is growing another spike. --j_a |
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Should I remove leaf?
I always wondered about the double spikes too. Seems when I get them home
they always do singles for me. I learned something. Thanks Vito "K Barrett" wrote in message ... YvonneD wrote: I have a new flower spike coming out under a large leaf. It will have a long way to grow around the leaf before it can start growing vertically. Should I remove the leaf? The plant has four leaves and this is the biggest. All leaves are very healthy. On another note - every orchid I've ever bought in a nursery always has two flower spikes. With all of my plants and the many times they have bloomed I have never had more than one per plant. How do they do it? Thanks The second question, they force them with ideal feeding schedules, light and warmth to delay the blooming then they drop the temps to normal range and the fattened plant just can help but throw multiple spikes. This also throws off the plant's natural metabolism. Takes a awhile to get it to bloom again on a normal schedule under normal conditions. K Barrett |
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You don't have to remove it..
But if it is damage already, just remove but not all.. |
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