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Orchids - But no flowers!
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Have several plants of various types which have flowered well in the past. All I get now is good leaves bur no flowers. What do I need to do to get flowers again? Reg |
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Orchids - But no flowers!
"Reg Sweetmore" wrote, Have several plants of various types which have flowered well in the past. All I get now is good leaves bur no flowers. What do I need to do to get flowers again? Which type of orchids Reg? Some grow in tropical rainforest others grow on mountains and get covered in snow, so it will make a difference. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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Orchids - But no flowers!
Reg Sweetmore wrote:
Help, Have several plants of various types which have flowered well in the past. All I get now is good leaves bur no flowers. What do I need to do to get flowers again? If you are talking about Phalaenopsis, then we have found that more light (south facing window but nets) will start off the flowering process. Paul -- CTC Right to Ride Rep. for Richmond upon Thames |
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Orchids - But no flowers!
On Aug 8, 10:36*pm, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Reg Sweetmore" wrote, Have several plants of various types which have flowered well in the past. All I get now is good leaves bur no flowers. What do I need to do to get flowers again? Which type of orchids Reg? Some grow in tropical rainforest others grow on mountains and get covered in snow, so it will make a difference. -- Regards Bob , Thanks for your reply They are Phalaenopsis. Reg |
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Orchids - But no flowers!
On Aug 8, 10:46*pm, Paul Luton wrote:
Reg Sweetmore wrote: Help, Have several plants of various types which have flowered well in the past. All I get now is good leaves bur no flowers. What do I need to do to get flowers again? If you are talking about Phalaenopsis, then we have found that more light (south facing window but nets) will start off the flowering process.. Paul -- CTC Right to Ride Rep. for Richmond upon Thames Thanks Paul, Will try your method. Reg |
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Orchids - But no flowers!
"Reg Sweetmore" wrote after "Bob Hobden" replied: "Reg Sweetmore" wrote, Have several plants of various types which have flowered well in the past. All I get now is good leaves bur no flowers. What do I need to do to get flowers again? Which type of orchids Reg? Some grow in tropical rainforest others grow on mountains and get covered in snow, so it will make a difference. Thanks for your reply They are Phalaenopsis. Just been reading about how the show growers get so many flowers on theirs. At the Tokyo Dome Orchid Show last Feb there was a Phalaenopsis Sogo Yukidian "Pingtans King" (it's white) with three spikes and 91 flowers. I've seen a photo of a P.Taisuco Swan "Royal Swan" with 63 flowers which looked amazing. Anyway, they grow them at 85°F for 2 years to get a huge plant with no flowers they then drop the temp until a flower spike is initiated and then return it up to 70°F until the flowers are open then drop the temp again so the flowers spikes extend then raise back to 70°F until those flowers open and then do it all again. Takes about 4 months. Of course, in these cases, a great deal of care needs to be shown regarding humidity etc to avoid disease and the marking of the older flowers. So it's the lower temperature that initiates spike formation and flowering, if they aren't flowering but are growing well you probably keep them too warm and a drop in temp will initiate spikes forming. We keep the top window constantly open (except winter) above our windowsill Phals and they flower well, one has 27 flowers atm and two are growing nice thick new spikes. BTW you do know not to remove old flower spikes unless they go brown and die, they usually extend and branch to grow new flowers. Only ever remove any brown dead bits. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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Orchids - But no flowers!
On Aug 9, 4:53*pm, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Reg Sweetmore" *wrote after "Bob Hobden" replied: "Reg Sweetmore" wrote, Have several plants of various types which have flowered well in the past. All I get now is good leaves bur no flowers. What do I need to do to get flowers again? Which type of orchids Reg? Some grow in tropical rainforest others grow on mountains and get covered in snow, so it will make a difference. Thanks for your reply They are Phalaenopsis. Just been reading about how the show growers get so many flowers on theirs. At the Tokyo Dome Orchid Show last Feb there was a Phalaenopsis Sogo Yukidian "Pingtans King" (it's white) with three spikes and 91 flowers. I've seen a photo of a P.Taisuco Swan "Royal Swan" with 63 flowers which looked amazing. Anyway, they grow them at 85°F for 2 years to get a huge plant with no flowers they then drop the temp until a flower spike is initiated and then return it up to 70°F until the flowers are open then drop the temp again so the flowers spikes extend then raise back to 70°F until those flowers open and then do it all again. Takes about 4 months. Of course, in these cases, a great deal of care needs to be shown regarding humidity etc to avoid disease and the marking of the older flowers. So it's the lower temperature that initiates spike formation and flowering, if they aren't flowering but are growing well you probably keep them too warm and a drop in temp will initiate spikes forming. We keep the top window constantly open (except winter) above our windowsill Phals and they flower well, one has 27 flowers atm and two are growing nice thick new spikes. BTW you do know not to remove old flower spikes unless they go brown and die, they usually extend and branch to grow new flowers. Only ever remove any brown dead bits. -- Regards Bob Hobden Thanks Bob, I don't think I will attempt the Japanese method, it's rather complicated, but will follow your advice. Cheers, Reg |
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Just read about how to show that the growers get so many flowers to them. Orchid Show at the Tokyo Dome last month, there is a Phalaenopsis Sogo Yukidian "Pingtans King " (its white) and 91 three spike flowers. I've seen pictures of sports, the small Mary Swan "Royal Swan"Flower 63 looks amazing.
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