I'm delighted to see that catch me unawares, one of my Phalaenopsis has
put out a new stem with several buds on it. It's sprouted from where
the old stem was cut back and it has been sitting on a kitchen window
sill, facing west and theoretically, in a room that is much too warm.
But maybe the steam in a kitchen has made it happy, though I would have
thought the Aga sort of wiped that theory out too! The last one I had
in the same spot has been flowering since before Christmas and is still
going strong. Admittedly, these are the easiest to grow (I'm told) but
I haven't potted them on, bar one and they get watered once a week, if
that, with water straight from the tap. I picked this one up to water
it today and suddenly noticed the new stem with about 6 buds on it -
nul points for observant!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

On 12/04/2014 19:31, sacha wrote:
I'm delighted to see that catch me unawares, one of my Phalaenopsis has
put out a new stem with several buds on it. It's sprouted from where
the old stem was cut back and it has been sitting on a kitchen window
sill, facing west and theoretically, in a room that is much too warm.
But maybe the steam in a kitchen has made it happy, though I would have
thought the Aga sort of wiped that theory out too! The last one I had
in the same spot has been flowering since before Christmas and is still
going strong. Admittedly, these are the easiest to grow (I'm told) but
I haven't potted them on, bar one and they get watered once a week, if
that, with water straight from the tap. I picked this one up to water
it today and suddenly noticed the new stem with about 6 buds on it -
nul points for observant!

Last August some friends visited and brought a Phalaenopsis as a gift.
It had three flowering stems on it. After 8 months in bloom, the last
flower is just about to fall off, but many weeks ago new flowering stems
appeared on each of the old stems. A new flower is just about to open
on one of them.

I have heard of new flowering stems appearing where an old stem was cut
back (although this has not worked on previous Phalaenopsis I have tried
it on), but this plant was left untouched.

The plant lives on a north-facing bathroom window; the temperature
varies between about 15 and 20°C.

--

Jeff

"sacha" wrote

I'm delighted to see that catch me unawares, one of my Phalaenopsis has put
out a new stem with several buds on it. It's sprouted from where the old
stem was cut back and it has been sitting on a kitchen window sill, facing
west and theoretically, in a room that is much too warm. But maybe the
steam in a kitchen has made it happy, though I would have thought the Aga
sort of wiped that theory out too! The last one I had in the same spot has
been flowering since before Christmas and is still going strong.
Admittedly, these are the easiest to grow (I'm told) but I haven't potted
them on, bar one and they get watered once a week, if that, with water
straight from the tap. I picked this one up to water it today and suddenly
noticed the new stem with about 6 buds on it - nul points for observant!

Flowering is initiated by temperature, or change in temperature, with Phals.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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Bob Hobden wrote:

Flowering is initiated by temperature, or change in temperature, with Phals.

Care to add a bit more detail?

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Plant amazing Acers.

On 2014-04-12 21:22:16 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

"sacha" wrote

I'm delighted to see that catch me unawares, one of my Phalaenopsis has
put out a new stem with several buds on it. It's sprouted from where
the old stem was cut back and it has been sitting on a kitchen window
sill, facing west and theoretically, in a room that is much too warm.
But maybe the steam in a kitchen has made it happy, though I would have
thought the Aga sort of wiped that theory out too! The last one I had
in the same spot has been flowering since before Christmas and is still
going strong. Admittedly, these are the easiest to grow (I'm told) but
I haven't potted them on, bar one and they get watered once a week, if
that, with water straight from the tap. I picked this one up to water
it today and suddenly noticed the new stem with about 6 buds on it -
nul points for observant!

Flowering is initiated by temperature, or change in temperature, with Phals.

This one seems to disobey the rules! It's been in that same position
since it last flowered and the Aga has been on the whole time, so there
has been little fluctuation in temperature. What might have changed is
the amount of cold outside hitting the window at night, I suppose.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

"Chris J Dixon" wrote ...

Bob Hobden wrote:

Flowering is initiated by temperature, or change in temperature, with
Phals.

Care to add a bit more detail?


They normally like a temperature of 20°C and reducing that to 15°C ( a 5°C
reduction) for a week or two will initiate flowering. Indeed the show
growers use that fact to constantly lengthen the flower spikes of their show
plants, their real secret is keeping the original blooms in perfect
condition while they go through the temp cycles until they have the huge
flower spikes they want. Whilst I have seen photos of such Phals in the OSGB
magazine I have never been able to find a photo on the net.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK