I've got nice, vigorous growth on my Onc. Gower Ramsey, but only the
currently active bulb looks nice and plump. The active bulb is nice, the
last one gets more wrinkled as the active one grows, and the other bulbs are
just wrinkled husks. It's been this way for like 5-7 new bulbs now.
Roots grow like crazy. No pests or viruses. The only other sign of
something wrong with my orchid care is no bloom, but the plants doesn't get
very cool at night, so I'm not surprised.

Is this normal Onc. GRamsey behavior, or do others' have multiple nice bulbs
on theirs?

--
-Ted

Ted,

Something does seem to be awry - both from a bulb and bloom perspective.

In my experience, Gower Ramsey responds to lengthening days, not to
day-night temperature swings for blooming, and if you're not seeing
flowering, in order of preference, I'd vote for 1) Not enough sun, 2) not
enough food, or 3) to much nitrogen.

The bulb scenario makes me question the condition of the roots and media.

Can you provide more info about your culture?

--

Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids
http://www.firstrays.com
Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info!


"Ted Howard" wrote in message
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I've got nice, vigorous growth on my Onc. Gower Ramsey, but only the
currently active bulb looks nice and plump. The active bulb is nice, the
last one gets more wrinkled as the active one grows, and the other bulbs
are
just wrinkled husks. It's been this way for like 5-7 new bulbs now.
Roots grow like crazy. No pests or viruses. The only other sign of
something wrong with my orchid care is no bloom, but the plants doesn't
get
very cool at night, so I'm not surprised.

Is this normal Onc. GRamsey behavior, or do others' have multiple nice
bulbs
on theirs?

--
-Ted

I have it under a metal halide light, near a window (my place doesn't
get much natural sun, even for Seattle). I have a regular feeding schedule
that keeps many orchids and other plants happy.
I repotted the orchid a few months ago because the bulbs were growing
way outside of the pot. When I repotted, about 3/4 of the roots seemed to
want to be outside of the pot, so when I repotted I used a loose mixture of
large bark. The current roots are again growing mostly outside of the pot,
weaving their way through the leaves of my other plants. The roots
themselves are mostly full and vellum-white.

My vote's on too much nitrogen, although I had no idea about the lenghtening
days thing. And, yes, I do alter the day/night cycle on the light every
couple months.

--
-Ted


"Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message
...
Ted,

Something does seem to be awry - both from a bulb and bloom perspective.

In my experience, Gower Ramsey responds to lengthening days, not to
day-night temperature swings for blooming, and if you're not seeing
flowering, in order of preference, I'd vote for 1) Not enough sun, 2)
not
enough food, or 3) to much nitrogen.

The bulb scenario makes me question the condition of the roots and media.

Can you provide more info about your culture?

--

Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids
http://www.firstrays.com
Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info!


"Ted Howard" wrote in message
news:qpVva.860925$S_4.877963@rwcrnsc53...
I've got nice, vigorous growth on my Onc. Gower Ramsey, but only the
currently active bulb looks nice and plump. The active bulb is nice, the
last one gets more wrinkled as the active one grows, and the other bulbs
are
just wrinkled husks. It's been this way for like 5-7 new bulbs now.
Roots grow like crazy. No pests or viruses. The only other sign of
something wrong with my orchid care is no bloom, but the plants doesn't
get
very cool at night, so I'm not surprised.

Is this normal Onc. GRamsey behavior, or do others' have multiple nice
bulbs
on theirs?

--
-Ted

Hi Ted,

How often do you fertilize, with what fertilizer and at what strength?

It may also not be getting enough water and / or humidity. How often do you
water? It has fairly fine roots, right? Normally I'd put fine rooted
orchids in a fine to medium bark mix.

There's a good orchid society in Seattle (I'm a member) that if you bring
the plant, someone can look at it for you. We meet on the 2nd Monday of the
month at 7:00 at the Center for Urban Horticulture. Our website is
http://www.nwos.org/ If you come, I'll be the guy selling the raffle
tickets and I may be doing the beginners meeting (6:30).

Good luck,
Jerry

"Ted Howard" wrote in message
news:Vt8wa.869290$S_4.890427@rwcrnsc53...
I have it under a metal halide light, near a window (my place doesn't
get much natural sun, even for Seattle). I have a regular feeding schedule
that keeps many orchids and other plants happy.
I repotted the orchid a few months ago because the bulbs were growing
way outside of the pot. When I repotted, about 3/4 of the roots seemed to
want to be outside of the pot, so when I repotted I used a loose mixture
of
large bark. The current roots are again growing mostly outside of the pot,
weaving their way through the leaves of my other plants. The roots
themselves are mostly full and vellum-white.

My vote's on too much nitrogen, although I had no idea about the
lenghtening
days thing. And, yes, I do alter the day/night cycle on the light every
couple months.

--
-Ted


"Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message
...
Ted,

Something does seem to be awry - both from a bulb and bloom perspective.

In my experience, Gower Ramsey responds to lengthening days, not to
day-night temperature swings for blooming, and if you're not seeing
flowering, in order of preference, I'd vote for 1) Not enough sun, 2)
not
enough food, or 3) to much nitrogen.

The bulb scenario makes me question the condition of the roots and
media.

Can you provide more info about your culture?

--

Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids
http://www.firstrays.com
Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info!


"Ted Howard" wrote in message
news:qpVva.860925$S_4.877963@rwcrnsc53...
I've got nice, vigorous growth on my Onc. Gower Ramsey, but only
the
currently active bulb looks nice and plump. The active bulb is nice,
the
last one gets more wrinkled as the active one grows, and the other
bulbs
are
just wrinkled husks. It's been this way for like 5-7 new bulbs now.
Roots grow like crazy. No pests or viruses. The only other sign of
something wrong with my orchid care is no bloom, but the plants
doesn't
get
very cool at night, so I'm not surprised.

Is this normal Onc. GRamsey behavior, or do others' have multiple nice
bulbs
on theirs?

--
-Ted