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Blooming Size
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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