How do YOU stake your phals?

[tucker85]

Sos, tell us more about the Taiwanese method.

[greatfx1959]

share this method of heating and cooling to get bigger spikes. (sorry for the thread hijack).............t

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by greatfx1959

share this method of heating and cooling to get bigger spikes. (sorry for the thread hijack).............t

this is intriguing to me also. ive seen pictures of these phals with long spikes, but i just thought they were REALLY well grown. lol

please share this method!

[SOS]

They grow them at optimum temperatures then do a sudden and drastic temperature lowering to slow the growth, then raise them again to resume growth. Repeated a couple times creates a larger spike.

[Paul Mc]

WOW, that's amazing SOS! Is there some thread or website that discusses this in more depth? I've always just let them be somewhat natural unless they start getting to heavy or take up too much room horizontally.

[SOS]

Carlos Fighetti was talking about Taiwanese phalaenopsis growing at our society one month. As expected from the president, it was a great talk.

[Cattleya17]

Well i personally like the standard straight up cascade deal! i like classic. i understand the wanting the flowers to face different directions that would be awesome!

I have a standard Phal names Phalaenopsis Sogo Yukidian 'Odoms Snowfall' So it makes 16-20 flowers! So i get a long galvenized or bamboo stake and tie the stem every 4 to 8 inches to get it super straight until it reaches the top of the stake and then let it do its thing! it doesnt cascade until a bunch of flowers open the weight is what causes the waterfall effect. And this is the effect i got!

TheFlowers:


The Whole View Spike And All

This photos were from winter 2009. My prized(tho not prize winning) Catt and the Phal. Both are currently growing a spike and the Catt has 5 sheaths this time

[tucker85]

That's a beautiful display, Cattleya17. Thanks for sharing those pictures. That's the way I like phals staked.