Hello everyone!

Last October, I bought a Phal. Ambonosa which had 2 spikes.

When at home, I decided to put it in s/h since all my Phal are in s/h
culture.
Ever since, no sign of spike growing ! I can see that the roots are growint
in the pot but the spikes seems to be frozen in time!

The spikes look healthy, nicely green.

Is there a way to get those spike to grow again beside beeing more patient?

Thanks

Claude

Claude,

While this archived post (by Al) does not provide the solution you are
seeking, I found it quite informative on the subject of why a Phal spike
might be stalled:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...lm=91gm1n%24pm
c%241%40bob.news.rcn.net

Joanna (who loves reading the archives of this group for all the informative
posts, humorous anecdotes, and a few vicious but entertaining flame wars)

"Claude" wrote in message
...
Hello everyone!

Last October, I bought a Phal. Ambonosa which had 2 spikes.

When at home, I decided to put it in s/h since all my Phal are in s/h
culture.
Ever since, no sign of spike growing ! I can see that the roots are
growint
in the pot but the spikes seems to be frozen in time!

The spikes look healthy, nicely green.

Is there a way to get those spike to grow again beside beeing more
patient?

Thanks

Claude

Another attempt at posting the link to the archived message (if this does
not work, just copy the text into a browser's URL bar:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...elm=91gm1n%24p
mc%241%40bob.news.rcn.net

"J Fortuna" wrote in message
...
Claude,

While this archived post (by Al) does not provide the solution you are
seeking, I found it quite informative on the subject of why a Phal spike
might be stalled:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...lm=91gm1n%24pm
c%241%40bob.news.rcn.net

Joanna (who loves reading the archives of this group for all the
informative
posts, humorous anecdotes, and a few vicious but entertaining flame wars)

"Claude" wrote in message
...
Hello everyone!

Last October, I bought a Phal. Ambonosa which had 2 spikes.

When at home, I decided to put it in s/h since all my Phal are in s/h
culture.
Ever since, no sign of spike growing ! I can see that the roots are
growint
in the pot but the spikes seems to be frozen in time!

The spikes look healthy, nicely green.

Is there a way to get those spike to grow again beside beeing more
patient?

Thanks

Claude

It's probably just waiting to get really well established.

I had a similar situation with an amboinensis - usually only has 2 or 3
flowers at a time / was moved into S-H from the ProMix it came in / didn't
bloom for a year and only grew one leaf / now it blooms regularly with about
3-4-5 blossoms per spike.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!

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"Claude" wrote in message
...
Hello everyone!

Last October, I bought a Phal. Ambonosa which had 2 spikes.

When at home, I decided to put it in s/h since all my Phal are in s/h
culture.
Ever since, no sign of spike growing ! I can see that the roots are
growint
in the pot but the spikes seems to be frozen in time!

The spikes look healthy, nicely green.

Is there a way to get those spike to grow again beside beeing more
patient?

Thanks

Claude