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Phal question??
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 03:02:58 GMT, "Ben Lurkin"
wrote: Thanks to both of you for the information. I removed the keiki today and potted it and repotted the mother plant. One more question about this. If the mother plant forms pups, will it be best to try and remove them and compost the mother or should I plan on a larger pot???? Ben Generally, if Mom Pups it is a dying breath kind of thing. You will try to keep Mom's roots going until the pup has a system of its own and Mom will gradually fade away. When you repot Mom will just be a small pike of roots and a dead stump. So talk kindly to Mom and maybe she will pull thru. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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Phal question??
"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
... On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 03:02:58 GMT, "Ben Lurkin" wrote: Thanks to both of you for the information. I removed the keiki today and potted it and repotted the mother plant. One more question about this. If the mother plant forms pups, will it be best to try and remove them and compost the mother or should I plan on a larger pot???? Ben Generally, if Mom Pups it is a dying breath kind of thing. You will try to keep Mom's roots going until the pup has a system of its own and Mom will gradually fade away. When you repot Mom will just be a small pike of roots and a dead stump. So talk kindly to Mom and maybe she will pull thru. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php Ditto. K Barrett |
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Phal question??
I agree with all that has been said about plants going 'tubular' due to
culture problems. But from what I've seen Phals can go "tubular" for a variety of other reasons. Based on what I have seen, going tubular in some cases is just a natural part of the plant's growth cycle and should be expected. I find many Doritis and Kingidium species have this sort of growth habit where they will only bloom off a plant a few times in the normal fashion before going tubular and then sending out multiple new growths. These new growths develop to blooming size quickly (as little as a year) and the whole cycle is repeated. With these plants, it just does not take many years before they have established themselves into a large clump or you have a bench full of divisions. I do not find this growth habit very common with Phals as described by Sweet, but I have seen a similar but slower growth cycle with some aphrodite, venosa, and equestis plants. I posted a picture on ABPO of a Drlla Nina (Drlla = Doritis X Kingidium) which has this type of growth habit and has been allowed to grow without being divided. I also see a fair number of tubular Phals which have come out of cloning or stem propping. Typically these plant's first blooming come out as tubular. In some cases this going tubular is just one of the problems that is showing up as a result of bad cloning work. But in other cases, these plants put up a new growth while in tubular bloom that when grown out always blooms normal. On ABPO I posted a picture of a Phal Cassandra stem prop. It's first blooming was tubular. But as can be seen in the picture the new growth is sending out a normal bloom spike. A couple of years back I had a large batch of a single clone that I was growing in two different greenhouses. When the plants came into bloom, the plants in one greenhouse basically all bloomed normal while maybe a third of the plants in the other greenhouse bloomed tubular. The only difference in the treatment of the plants that I can remember is the plants in the greenhouse that bloomed tubular got some extra fungicide treatments. I do not know if this was the cause or not. Pat |
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Phal question??
Pat,
Could you define "going tubular" please -- since it is in response to this thread I assume that it refers to either a) growing a spike from the center of the crown or b) having pups (are those the same thing as "basal keikis"?) Sorry, I am still learning some of the orchid lingo. Recently came across the term "fasciation" which I had never heard before --for those of you who have not either, check out the article at http://tinyurl.com/zl62 (or URL:http://orchidweb.org/publications/bu...asciation.html) Thanks for helping me out with the terminology here, Joanna "Pat Brennan" wrote in message ... I agree with all that has been said about plants going 'tubular' due to culture problems. But from what I've seen Phals can go "tubular" for a variety of other reasons. Based on what I have seen, going tubular in some cases is just a natural part of the plant's growth cycle and should be expected. I find many Doritis and Kingidium species have this sort of growth habit where they will only bloom off a plant a few times in the normal fashion before going tubular and then sending out multiple new growths. These new growths develop to blooming size quickly (as little as a year) and the whole cycle is repeated. With these plants, it just does not take many years before they have established themselves into a large clump or you have a bench full of divisions. I do not find this growth habit very common with Phals as described by Sweet, but I have seen a similar but slower growth cycle with some aphrodite, venosa, and equestis plants. I posted a picture on ABPO of a Drlla Nina (Drlla = Doritis X Kingidium) which has this type of growth habit and has been allowed to grow without being divided. I also see a fair number of tubular Phals which have come out of cloning or stem propping. Typically these plant's first blooming come out as tubular. In some cases this going tubular is just one of the problems that is showing up as a result of bad cloning work. But in other cases, these plants put up a new growth while in tubular bloom that when grown out always blooms normal. On ABPO I posted a picture of a Phal Cassandra stem prop. It's first blooming was tubular. But as can be seen in the picture the new growth is sending out a normal bloom spike. A couple of years back I had a large batch of a single clone that I was growing in two different greenhouses. When the plants came into bloom, the plants in one greenhouse basically all bloomed normal while maybe a third of the plants in the other greenhouse bloomed tubular. The only difference in the treatment of the plants that I can remember is the plants in the greenhouse that bloomed tubular got some extra fungicide treatments. I do not know if this was the cause or not. Pat |
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Phal question??
Joanna,
By tubular, I mean spike from the crown. Not sure where I picked up the term or if it commonly used. In this thread 'pups' are being used to describe basal keikis. In my post I referred to basal keikis a new growths. I have 5 dogs and want no more. Pat "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... Pat, Could you define "going tubular" please -- since it is in response to this thread I assume that it refers to either a) growing a spike from the center of the crown or b) having pups (are those the same thing as "basal keikis"?) Sorry, I am still learning some of the orchid lingo. Recently came across the term "fasciation" which I had never heard before --for those of you who have not either, check out the article at http://tinyurl.com/zl62 (or URL:http://orchidweb.org/publications/bu...asciation.html) Thanks for helping me out with the terminology here, Joanna "Pat Brennan" wrote in message ... I agree with all that has been said about plants going 'tubular' due to culture problems. But from what I've seen Phals can go "tubular" for a variety of other reasons. Based on what I have seen, going tubular in some cases is just a natural part of the plant's growth cycle and should be expected. I find many Doritis and Kingidium species have this sort of growth habit where they will only bloom off a plant a few times in the normal fashion before going tubular and then sending out multiple new growths. These new growths develop to blooming size quickly (as little as a year) and the whole cycle is repeated. With these plants, it just does not take many years before they have established themselves into a large clump or you have a bench full of divisions. I do not find this growth habit very common with Phals as described by Sweet, but I have seen a similar but slower growth cycle with some aphrodite, venosa, and equestis plants. I posted a picture on ABPO of a Drlla Nina (Drlla = Doritis X Kingidium) which has this type of growth habit and has been allowed to grow without being divided. I also see a fair number of tubular Phals which have come out of cloning or stem propping. Typically these plant's first blooming come out as tubular. In some cases this going tubular is just one of the problems that is showing up as a result of bad cloning work. But in other cases, these plants put up a new growth while in tubular bloom that when grown out always blooms normal. On ABPO I posted a picture of a Phal Cassandra stem prop. It's first blooming was tubular. But as can be seen in the picture the new growth is sending out a normal bloom spike. A couple of years back I had a large batch of a single clone that I was growing in two different greenhouses. When the plants came into bloom, the plants in one greenhouse basically all bloomed normal while maybe a third of the plants in the other greenhouse bloomed tubular. The only difference in the treatment of the plants that I can remember is the plants in the greenhouse that bloomed tubular got some extra fungicide treatments. I do not know if this was the cause or not. Pat |
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