"Roger Tonkin" wrote


says...

Bob Hobden said:

"Sacha" wrote

, Spider said:

On 06/10/2013 17:15, Sacha wrote:
Is it possible for these Phals to develop from the base of the
plant,
right beside the already established leaves which have sprouted,
flowered and died back? It looks to me like a whole new plantlet
but
for all I know, it could just be new leaves. It seems to be sending
out
new roots, too. What do I do now?!




I've never known it happen, Sacha. Could you post a photograph,
Please?

Sorry Spider, I forgot all about this photo. You can see the new
young
leaves coming through, though one looks as if it's been chomped
already. I can't get a shot of the roots but it does look like a
separate plant.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9369440...4693/lightbox/


As I suspected it looks like the original crown has been damaged (water
on it over night?) so it's just growing a new one.

They're in the house, in our bathroom but yes, it's possible someone
watered them while we were away and didn't know about keeping the crown
dry. If I splash any water onto them, I dry the leaves. But thanks to
you and to Spider for the help and interest. I'll get a larger pot from
Orchid World and pot on in spring. I'm so pleased that one orchid is
currently showing off some gorgeous white flowers and another is
growing a stem full of buds. I can't quite get over the speed at which
the new flowering stems grow!

It's the flowering period that amases me. I have a
phel - what's it, that started to flower in mid-July,
opening 8 flowers over then next few weeks.

Now almost 3 months later, there are more flowe buds
developing on the stem (at least 3), whilst the first
flower to open looks as fresh as the day it opened.


It's to do with the temperature especially at night. The professional
competition growers use that fact to grow more and more flower on the same
spike, how they keep the original flowers from deteriorating over the months
is an amazing bit of plant keeping. I've seen pictures of huge spikes of
flowers but can't find any on the web.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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