If I recall the info (as suspect as anyone else), our memories are not too different, just focusing on differnt facets.
The idea was that the hybrid phals grew exceedingly well at elevated temperature, reaching maturity (i.e., "blooming size") in a short time period, but simply would not bloom if held there. If you want to consider that as delaying the bloom, I cannot argue, but maybe we should be thinking of this as "controlling" the bloom period.
By lowering the average temperature, they caused initiation of the flower spikes (which emerged 6- to 8 weeks later), the raised the temp again to continue with the accelerated growth.
If I'm not mistaken - also iffy - the work was sponsored by Taiwanese mass producers, or at least mostly benefitted them.
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