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Blooming Size
This one is Lc.Tropical Treat.
Shell "Ray" wrote in message ... With catts, there is so much variability, it's hard to say without knowing the hybrid. For example, Slc. Tiny Titan is fully mature at 6" tall, while Memorial Crispin Rosales is more likely to need to be a foot or more tall. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . . . . . . . . . . . "Shell" wrote in message m... I have aquired a Catt and an Epi. pseudepidendrum. The Catt is supposed to be blooming sized and is about 6 inches tall, has what loks like 4 psedubulbs in 3 different sizes. Maybe it will bloom in a year. I hope. The Epi is still a seedling but an older seedling I think This orchid stuff is proving to be an adventure Shell "Ray" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, that's a really tough question, with no "pat" answer. Factors that must be considered: 1 Genus 2 species, or specific makeup if it's a hybrid 3 variability within the species or hybrid 4 culture ...and probably others. Let's look at phalaenopsis alone for a moment: a phalaenopsis gigantea will usually need to have leaves somewhere in the 18" length range before it even begins "thinking" about blooming, while a lueddemanniana can bloom with 3" or 4" of total leaf span. Start hybridizing and other variables come out as well. I, for example, have a Phal Sogo Redfox - a gigantea hybrid - that didn't start blooming until it had about three or four 20" leaves, but I have another plant of the same hybrid (from the same seed capsule) that blooms regularly on a plant with a 12" leaf span. One can reasonably safely estimate that a vanda will need to be much larger and older than a phal to bloom, but I'd bet that a good grower in Florida can raise a vandaceous plant to grow faster than a phal in my window (they get very little light, so I have a greenhouse...), making it possible that the vanda could bloom first. OK, maybe that's pushing the point a bit, but you see where I was going, especially considering that some places are getting phals or even paphs to bloom 18 months after flasking! As another example, I occasionally buy seedlings from H&R in Hawaii. For them, a plant in a 2" pot may very well be "NBS" and may bloom in a matter of months, while for me in Pennsylvania, it could be a year or more out for the same seedling. Basically it comes down to doing your homework, so you know what's reasonable to expect for the plant, and understanding the cultural conditions the plant has had and what it will get once you own it, so you can guesstimate on the growth rate differences. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . . . . . . . . . . . "Shell" wrote in message . com... How do you tell when an orchid is blooming size or near blooming size? I keep seeing leaf span measurements and pot sizes but no real ages or anything. Shell |
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Well I haven't gotten any Vandas yet, though there are several I wouldn't
mind having. I have been thinking of selling or trading two of the Dend Caesar Jacque orchids since I would rather have one of each type I like. At least right now who knows I could also change my mind I've been doing a lot of looking on the web and have started a nice long wish list. Shell "Kenni Judd" wrote in message ... Shell, Ray gave you very good info. To add-on from a different climate: This could well be the case with tessellata or hybrids thereof, they bloom early and often. And maybe some Ascocendas like Princess Mikasa [close race, I think]. But not with most large-flowered standard vanda hybrids which have lots of sanderiana or coerulea in the ancestry. [I am a Florida grower, and like to think I'm good G]. One can reasonably safely estimate that a vanda will need to be much larger and older than a phal to bloom, but I'd bet that a good grower in Florida can raise a vandaceous plant to grow faster than a phal in my window (they get very little light, so I have a greenhouse...), making it possible that the vanda could bloom first. OK, maybe that's pushing the point a bit, but you see where I was going, especially considering that some places are getting phals or even paphs to bloom 18 months after flasking! I also sometime get seedlings from H&R. In the case of most large-flowered catts, it will take me a year or more to bloom them [even in Florida]. Certain types will go much faster, for us mostly the intergeneric mini-catts involving Broughtonia, and some of the Dens. As far as judging the ability of grower/vendors to predict when a plant is blooming-size, you might find the OGRES rating site of interest. If you don't already have it bookmarked, you can find a link on our Home Page. Good growing, -- Kenni Judd Juno Beach Orchids http://www.jborchids.com As another example, I occasionally buy seedlings from H&R in Hawaii. For them, a plant in a 2" pot may very well be "NBS" and may bloom in a matter of months, while for me in Pennsylvania, it could be a year or more out for the same seedling. |
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Lc. Tropical Treat is an H&R hybrid - they specialize in mini's - involving
L. milleri and other small species. I'd say 6"-9" is pretty mature. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "Shell" wrote in message m... This one is Lc.Tropical Treat. Shell "Ray" wrote in message ... With catts, there is so much variability, it's hard to say without knowing the hybrid. For example, Slc. Tiny Titan is fully mature at 6" tall, while Memorial Crispin Rosales is more likely to need to be a foot or more tall. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . . . . . . . . . . . "Shell" wrote in message m... I have aquired a Catt and an Epi. pseudepidendrum. The Catt is supposed to be blooming sized and is about 6 inches tall, has what loks like 4 psedubulbs in 3 different sizes. Maybe it will bloom in a year. I hope. The Epi is still a seedling but an older seedling I think This orchid stuff is proving to be an adventure Shell "Ray" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, that's a really tough question, with no "pat" answer. Factors that must be considered: 1 Genus 2 species, or specific makeup if it's a hybrid 3 variability within the species or hybrid 4 culture ...and probably others. Let's look at phalaenopsis alone for a moment: a phalaenopsis gigantea will usually need to have leaves somewhere in the 18" length range before it even begins "thinking" about blooming, while a lueddemanniana can bloom with 3" or 4" of total leaf span. Start hybridizing and other variables come out as well. I, for example, have a Phal Sogo Redfox - a gigantea hybrid - that didn't start blooming until it had about three or four 20" leaves, but I have another plant of the same hybrid (from the same seed capsule) that blooms regularly on a plant with a 12" leaf span. One can reasonably safely estimate that a vanda will need to be much larger and older than a phal to bloom, but I'd bet that a good grower in Florida can raise a vandaceous plant to grow faster than a phal in my window (they get very little light, so I have a greenhouse...), making it possible that the vanda could bloom first. OK, maybe that's pushing the point a bit, but you see where I was going, especially considering that some places are getting phals or even paphs to bloom 18 months after flasking! As another example, I occasionally buy seedlings from H&R in Hawaii. For them, a plant in a 2" pot may very well be "NBS" and may bloom in a matter of months, while for me in Pennsylvania, it could be a year or more out for the same seedling. Basically it comes down to doing your homework, so you know what's reasonable to expect for the plant, and understanding the cultural conditions the plant has had and what it will get once you own it, so you can guesstimate on the growth rate differences. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . . . . . . . . . . . "Shell" wrote in message . com... How do you tell when an orchid is blooming size or near blooming size? I keep seeing leaf span measurements and pot sizes but no real ages or anything. Shell |
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Be careful branching to other genera until you're really comfortable growing
what you've got and can easily rebloom them. Buying a wide variety of stuff you like the looks of, without knowing enough about their needs is a typical beginners trap. I know I fell for it! -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "Shell" wrote in message news Well I haven't gotten any Vandas yet, though there are several I wouldn't mind having. I have been thinking of selling or trading two of the Dend Caesar Jacque orchids since I would rather have one of each type I like. At least right now who knows I could also change my mind I've been doing a lot of looking on the web and have started a nice long wish list. Shell "Kenni Judd" wrote in message ... Shell, Ray gave you very good info. To add-on from a different climate: This could well be the case with tessellata or hybrids thereof, they bloom early and often. And maybe some Ascocendas like Princess Mikasa [close race, I think]. But not with most large-flowered standard vanda hybrids which have lots of sanderiana or coerulea in the ancestry. [I am a Florida grower, and like to think I'm good G]. One can reasonably safely estimate that a vanda will need to be much larger and older than a phal to bloom, but I'd bet that a good grower in Florida can raise a vandaceous plant to grow faster than a phal in my window (they get very little light, so I have a greenhouse...), making it possible that the vanda could bloom first. OK, maybe that's pushing the point a bit, but you see where I was going, especially considering that some places are getting phals or even paphs to bloom 18 months after flasking! I also sometime get seedlings from H&R. In the case of most large-flowered catts, it will take me a year or more to bloom them [even in Florida]. Certain types will go much faster, for us mostly the intergeneric mini-catts involving Broughtonia, and some of the Dens. As far as judging the ability of grower/vendors to predict when a plant is blooming-size, you might find the OGRES rating site of interest. If you don't already have it bookmarked, you can find a link on our Home Page. Good growing, -- Kenni Judd Juno Beach Orchids http://www.jborchids.com As another example, I occasionally buy seedlings from H&R in Hawaii. For them, a plant in a 2" pot may very well be "NBS" and may bloom in a matter of months, while for me in Pennsylvania, it could be a year or more out for the same seedling. |
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