I think there's a flower spike forming on my tiny Sophronitis cernua woo
hoo It's about a 3/4 inch long right now. Transplanting to the small
ceramic pot can wait I think.

And there are 2 sheaths on my Lc Gold Digger x Ctna Why Not Any advice
on seeing these through to blooming? It's getting a lot of light and a good
watering once a week. Should I fertilze it or just leave it alone and hope
for the best? I havent had the best luck with any kind of Catt before,
usually the sheath just sort of fizzles. I really really want this to bloom


Shell


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Shell wrote:

I think there's a flower spike forming on my tiny Sophronitis cernua woo
hoo It's about a 3/4 inch long right now. Transplanting to the small
ceramic pot can wait I think.

And there are 2 sheaths on my Lc Gold Digger x Ctna Why Not Any advice
on seeing these through to blooming? It's getting a lot of light and a good
watering once a week. Should I fertilze it or just leave it alone and hope
for the best? I havent had the best luck with any kind of Catt before,
usually the sheath just sort of fizzles. I really really want this to bloom



Just treat it like you have been. I think most bud blasting and
other failures occur because people start messing around trying to
pamper the plants. Avoid drafts, no apples (No, really - no apples, or
bananas either, in the same room). Should be fine.

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No apples or bananas in the same room? Something to do with the smell
maybe?
Shell


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...
Shell wrote:

I think there's a flower spike forming on my tiny Sophronitis cernua
woo
hoo It's about a 3/4 inch long right now. Transplanting to the small
ceramic pot can wait I think.

And there are 2 sheaths on my Lc Gold Digger x Ctna Why Not Any
advice
on seeing these through to blooming? It's getting a lot of light and a
good
watering once a week. Should I fertilze it or just leave it alone and
hope
for the best? I havent had the best luck with any kind of Catt before,
usually the sheath just sort of fizzles. I really really want this to
bloom



Just treat it like you have been. I think most bud blasting and
other failures occur because people start messing around trying to
pamper the plants. Avoid drafts, no apples (No, really - no apples, or
bananas either, in the same room). Should be fine.

--
Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit
LittlefrogFarm is open - e-mail me for a list )


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Hello!

Apple and bananas and other fruit rippening secrete ethylene, gaz who will
cause the flower to wilt !
So, no fruit near orchids! It`s a no-no!

Claude

"Shell" wrote in message
om...
| No apples or bananas in the same room? Something to do with the smell
| maybe?
| Shell
|
|
| "Rob Halgren" wrote in message
| ...
| Shell wrote:
|
| I think there's a flower spike forming on my tiny Sophronitis cernua
| woo
| hoo It's about a 3/4 inch long right now. Transplanting to the
small
| ceramic pot can wait I think.
|
| And there are 2 sheaths on my Lc Gold Digger x Ctna Why Not Any
| advice
| on seeing these through to blooming? It's getting a lot of light and a
| good
| watering once a week. Should I fertilze it or just leave it alone and
| hope
| for the best? I havent had the best luck with any kind of Catt before,
| usually the sheath just sort of fizzles. I really really want this to
| bloom
|
|
|
| Just treat it like you have been. I think most bud blasting and
| other failures occur because people start messing around trying to
| pamper the plants. Avoid drafts, no apples (No, really - no apples, or
| bananas either, in the same room). Should be fine.
|
| --
| Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
| 1) There is always room for one more orchid
| 2) There is always room for two more orchids
| 2a. See rule 1
| 3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
| more orchids, obtain more credit
| LittlefrogFarm is open - e-mail me for a list )
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Claude wrote:

Hello!

Apple and bananas and other fruit rippening secrete ethylene, gaz who will
cause the flower to wilt !
So, no fruit near orchids! It`s a no-no!


And in case you are wondering _why_ apples and bananas (and some
other, but not all, fruits) give off ethylene, it is an evolutionary
adaptation. Ethylene is a ripening hormone (and a gas). So, one ripe
apple on the tree emits a little ethylene, which ripens a few other
apples, which emit a little more ethylene... Pretty soon (very soon)
the whole tree is ripe at the same time. A lot of ripe fruit attracts
the critters that eat the fruit better than a few ripe fruits. So,
ripening en masse is selected for, as these trees are more likely to
have progeny dispersed away from the parent tree.

People have actually selected for this trait in apples - you want a
tree that ripens its fruit all at the same time, makes it easier to pick
in a commercial orchard. Of course you also want to vent off the
ethylene (or inhibit its production) in the picked fruit - as that would
cause the fruit to over-ripen in storage and get mushy. That is why
there is a whole lot of science devoted to figuring out how to store
apples properly.

Problem with apples and orchids is that ethylene induces senescence
in orchids - the flowers mature all the way, and die.

Science is fun!

Rob

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Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit
LittlefrogFarm is open - e-mail me for a list )

Ah, Okay Interesting. Learn something new every day

Thanks
Shell


"Rob Halgren" wrote in message
...
Claude wrote:

Hello!

Apple and bananas and other fruit rippening secrete ethylene, gaz who
will
cause the flower to wilt !
So, no fruit near orchids! It`s a no-no!


And in case you are wondering _why_ apples and bananas (and some
other, but not all, fruits) give off ethylene, it is an evolutionary
adaptation. Ethylene is a ripening hormone (and a gas). So, one ripe
apple on the tree emits a little ethylene, which ripens a few other
apples, which emit a little more ethylene... Pretty soon (very soon)
the whole tree is ripe at the same time. A lot of ripe fruit attracts
the critters that eat the fruit better than a few ripe fruits. So,
ripening en masse is selected for, as these trees are more likely to
have progeny dispersed away from the parent tree.

People have actually selected for this trait in apples - you want a
tree that ripens its fruit all at the same time, makes it easier to pick
in a commercial orchard. Of course you also want to vent off the
ethylene (or inhibit its production) in the picked fruit - as that would
cause the fruit to over-ripen in storage and get mushy. That is why
there is a whole lot of science devoted to figuring out how to store
apples properly.

Problem with apples and orchids is that ethylene induces senescence
in orchids - the flowers mature all the way, and die.

Science is fun!

Rob

--
Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit
LittlefrogFarm is open - e-mail me for a list )


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