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Blooming Size
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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