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Dtps not reblooming -- wrong medium?
I have a Dtps Talitha's Gem that believes that it is a leafy plant.
I actually have two plants that are sister plants of one another, and one of them reblooms like clockwork regularly (already spiking for the third time since June 2003, when I got it), while the other one just puts out more and more leaves -- it's got 18 healthy leaves right now, and it looks more like one of those tall vanda plants than like a Dtps, but the last time it bloomed was in December 2003 (ok, I know that that's not that long ago, but it seems like it compared to the other one). I keep wondering whether there is anything that I can do to persuade this plant, that no, growing new leaves is not enough. As far as I can tell I am treating the two sister plants very much alike. The only difference is that the one that does rebloom regularly is potted in bark in a plastic pot, whereas the one that fancies itself a leafy plant has been repotted into sphagnum moss and a clay pot. Al (from whom I bought both of these plants) told me that these Dtps in his experience don't like growing in moss, but I (being a great fan of moss) repotted one of them into moss nonetheless. I did not repot the other one at all yet. This makes me wonder whether the lack of reflowering could be due to the wrong medium? But the plant is healthy otherwise, so I don't know. Or could it be that the disturbance caused by repotting it is what caused it to not flower, when its season came? In that case, repotting it back into bark might not be a good idea, right? Or am I just being too impatient and shouldn't be wondering about the plant not reflowering since December 2003 if that's an acceptable delay that may not be due to anything in particular? Joanna (who has been spoiled by almost all of her plants reflowering at least once a year or even more frequently) |
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I doubt that repotting 19 months ago would have any impact on its flowering
now. I don't know that I'd say that the medium, itself, is the cause, but it may be that the watering and feeding you're doing don't work as well with the moss as for the other medium. Or... it could just be that the specific plant is less prone to flowering. Some seemingly minor genetic differences can have significant impacts on such things. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:iSQze.1732$ZN6.35@trnddc02... I have a Dtps Talitha's Gem that believes that it is a leafy plant. I actually have two plants that are sister plants of one another, and one of them reblooms like clockwork regularly (already spiking for the third time since June 2003, when I got it), while the other one just puts out more and more leaves -- it's got 18 healthy leaves right now, and it looks more like one of those tall vanda plants than like a Dtps, but the last time it bloomed was in December 2003 (ok, I know that that's not that long ago, but it seems like it compared to the other one). I keep wondering whether there is anything that I can do to persuade this plant, that no, growing new leaves is not enough. As far as I can tell I am treating the two sister plants very much alike. The only difference is that the one that does rebloom regularly is potted in bark in a plastic pot, whereas the one that fancies itself a leafy plant has been repotted into sphagnum moss and a clay pot. Al (from whom I bought both of these plants) told me that these Dtps in his experience don't like growing in moss, but I (being a great fan of moss) repotted one of them into moss nonetheless. I did not repot the other one at all yet. This makes me wonder whether the lack of reflowering could be due to the wrong medium? But the plant is healthy otherwise, so I don't know. Or could it be that the disturbance caused by repotting it is what caused it to not flower, when its season came? In that case, repotting it back into bark might not be a good idea, right? Or am I just being too impatient and shouldn't be wondering about the plant not reflowering since December 2003 if that's an acceptable delay that may not be due to anything in particular? Joanna (who has been spoiled by almost all of her plants reflowering at least once a year or even more frequently) |
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