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maxillaria tenuifolia leaves dropping?
Hi Everyone! Is it normal for a max tenuifolia do drop its leaves from the
oldest psbulbs,the new psbulbs which are thin & still growing at the moment seem to be o.k,these are obviously growing from the ones loosing there leaves. It is growing in bark in a small pot. -- Thanks Keith,England,UK. |
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Hi, Keith,
All I can tell you is that I have old leafless bulbs, old bulbs losing their leaves, mature bulbs past blooming, mature bulbs getting ready to bloom and young growths on mine almost continually. Mine is in fine bark and has graduated from a Dixie cup to an official plant pot! -- Reka This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it! http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html "kenty ;-)" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi Everyone! Is it normal for a max tenuifolia do drop its leaves from the oldest psbulbs,the new psbulbs which are thin & still growing at the moment seem to be o.k,these are obviously growing from the ones loosing there leaves. It is growing in bark in a small pot. -- Thanks Keith,England,UK. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 01.11.04 |
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Hi, Keith,
All I can tell you is that I have old leafless bulbs, old bulbs losing their leaves, mature bulbs past blooming, mature bulbs getting ready to bloom and young growths on mine almost continually. Mine is in fine bark and has graduated from a Dixie cup to an official plant pot! -- Reka This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it! http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html "kenty ;-)" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi Everyone! Is it normal for a max tenuifolia do drop its leaves from the oldest psbulbs,the new psbulbs which are thin & still growing at the moment seem to be o.k,these are obviously growing from the ones loosing there leaves. It is growing in bark in a small pot. -- Thanks Keith,England,UK. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 01.11.04 |
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Hi Reka,How long do the new bulbs take to reach blooming size?As for the
leaf loss,I think it must be natural for them to do this as all my new bulbs have leafs. -- Thanks Keith,England,UK. "Reka" wrote in message ... Hi, Keith, All I can tell you is that I have old leafless bulbs, old bulbs losing their leaves, mature bulbs past blooming, mature bulbs getting ready to bloom and young growths on mine almost continually. Mine is in fine bark and has graduated from a Dixie cup to an official plant pot! -- Reka This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it! http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html "kenty ;-)" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi Everyone! Is it normal for a max tenuifolia do drop its leaves from the oldest psbulbs,the new psbulbs which are thin & still growing at the moment seem to be o.k,these are obviously growing from the ones loosing there leaves. It is growing in bark in a small pot. -- Thanks Keith,England,UK. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 01.11.04 |
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kenty ;-) wrote:
Hi Reka,How long do the new bulbs take to reach blooming size?As for the leaf loss,I think it must be natural for them to do this as all my new bulbs have leafs. As Reka said, it is indeed normal for the oldest growths to lose leaves. New bulbs reach maturity within a year of when they first started growing. If you're growing your plant in your home, it's unlikely that ALL of the new growths will flower, as it's tough to give them enough light for this. Plants grown in a greenhouse under strong light (enough to make the leaves a nice lime green) will bloom more profusely. -- ---Prem Orchid art, photography, t-shirts, and related products: http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/ |
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kenty ;-) wrote:
Hi Reka,How long do the new bulbs take to reach blooming size?As for the leaf loss,I think it must be natural for them to do this as all my new bulbs have leafs. As Reka said, it is indeed normal for the oldest growths to lose leaves. New bulbs reach maturity within a year of when they first started growing. If you're growing your plant in your home, it's unlikely that ALL of the new growths will flower, as it's tough to give them enough light for this. Plants grown in a greenhouse under strong light (enough to make the leaves a nice lime green) will bloom more profusely. -- ---Prem Orchid art, photography, t-shirts, and related products: http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/ |
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kenty ;-) wrote:
Hi Reka,How long do the new bulbs take to reach blooming size?As for the leaf loss,I think it must be natural for them to do this as all my new bulbs have leafs. As Reka said, it is indeed normal for the oldest growths to lose leaves. New bulbs reach maturity within a year of when they first started growing. If you're growing your plant in your home, it's unlikely that ALL of the new growths will flower, as it's tough to give them enough light for this. Plants grown in a greenhouse under strong light (enough to make the leaves a nice lime green) will bloom more profusely. -- ---Prem Orchid art, photography, t-shirts, and related products: http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/ |
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I don't know who started this thread but I'd like to add my 2 cents worth.
Speaking for sympodial orchids, old bulbs lose leaves when they lose roots. This isn't "normal" but is typical for most hobbyist level of growing expertise. Its an indication of 'inchworm growth' a term coined by Bill Thoms (the person with more awards for excellent growing ability than just about anybody). The plant survives well enough to make up new pseudobulbs and flower in its season, but is not receiving quite the level of conditions it wants in terms of humidity, light, air, fresh medium, pH, water quality etc. to support the old growth. And so the back bulb's roots die off. One pseudobulb grows at the front, one dies off in the back, hence the analogy to an inchworm. Its too bad the AOS doesn't put more pictures of its cultural awards online so people can see what a well grown plant actually looks like. Even vendors don't necessarily grow their plants to the optimal condition since they need to turn over their inventory. I wonder what sort of pics a Google search on CCM or CCE would bring up? Or maybe a search on Jerry Rodder may bring up a few pictures os some of his monster plants (all p/bulbs with leaves) Nevertheless even rootless/leafless pseudobulbs continue to photosynthesize and produce food for the new growth that later can flower and the cycle continues. As you learn to grow your plants better you'll start keeping leaves on back bulbs. Also while light is required to bloom this plant well, if you feed it properly the leaves will be more grass green that lime green. K Barrett "prem_s" wrote in message ... kenty ;-) wrote: Hi Reka,How long do the new bulbs take to reach blooming size?As for the leaf loss,I think it must be natural for them to do this as all my new bulbs have leafs. As Reka said, it is indeed normal for the oldest growths to lose leaves. New bulbs reach maturity within a year of when they first started growing. If you're growing your plant in your home, it's unlikely that ALL of the new growths will flower, as it's tough to give them enough light for this. Plants grown in a greenhouse under strong light (enough to make the leaves a nice lime green) will bloom more profusely. -- ---Prem Orchid art, photography, t-shirts, and related products: http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/ |
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I don't know who started this thread but I'd like to add my 2 cents worth.
Speaking for sympodial orchids, old bulbs lose leaves when they lose roots. This isn't "normal" but is typical for most hobbyist level of growing expertise. Its an indication of 'inchworm growth' a term coined by Bill Thoms (the person with more awards for excellent growing ability than just about anybody). The plant survives well enough to make up new pseudobulbs and flower in its season, but is not receiving quite the level of conditions it wants in terms of humidity, light, air, fresh medium, pH, water quality etc. to support the old growth. And so the back bulb's roots die off. One pseudobulb grows at the front, one dies off in the back, hence the analogy to an inchworm. Its too bad the AOS doesn't put more pictures of its cultural awards online so people can see what a well grown plant actually looks like. Even vendors don't necessarily grow their plants to the optimal condition since they need to turn over their inventory. I wonder what sort of pics a Google search on CCM or CCE would bring up? Or maybe a search on Jerry Rodder may bring up a few pictures os some of his monster plants (all p/bulbs with leaves) Nevertheless even rootless/leafless pseudobulbs continue to photosynthesize and produce food for the new growth that later can flower and the cycle continues. As you learn to grow your plants better you'll start keeping leaves on back bulbs. Also while light is required to bloom this plant well, if you feed it properly the leaves will be more grass green that lime green. K Barrett "prem_s" wrote in message ... kenty ;-) wrote: Hi Reka,How long do the new bulbs take to reach blooming size?As for the leaf loss,I think it must be natural for them to do this as all my new bulbs have leafs. As Reka said, it is indeed normal for the oldest growths to lose leaves. New bulbs reach maturity within a year of when they first started growing. If you're growing your plant in your home, it's unlikely that ALL of the new growths will flower, as it's tough to give them enough light for this. Plants grown in a greenhouse under strong light (enough to make the leaves a nice lime green) will bloom more profusely. -- ---Prem Orchid art, photography, t-shirts, and related products: http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/ |
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