To make sense of when an orchid does anything, you have to go back to the habitat (or habitats in the case of hybrids) For rooting, when does it rain? Where there are distinct wet and dry seasons, one would expect rooting either during or in anticipation of rain. (Orchids that come from climates where it rains most of the the time, such as Phalaeopsis, rooting also happens at pretty much any time). For flowers, when are the pollinators available? Hatching of insects could be triggered by rain, or heat, or... These patterns aren't random, and the patterns are responses to environmental events. How many environments are there? Lots. How do the responses of the plants relate to the environmental events? In lots of different ways.
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