Which orchids have short-lived flowers? My brassia's short-lived flowers made me sad!
Hello everyone!!
At this point, I'm still in the "shallow end" of my orchid interest so I'm only growing some phals and a few oncidium types like a brassia, miltassia, and odontoglossum.
I only recently acquired my brassia and I was very very disappointed to find that only 3 days after the last flower bloomed, they all started withering.
Then I learned that brassias do indeed have a shorter blooming time than other orchids.
Are there general rules of thumb, or general species to avoid? I love orchids because their flowers are long-lived, and want to avoid any with very short flowering times.
Aside from brassias, which ones tend to bloom shorter?
Any particular species or hybrids?
Are there some particular brassia-type orchids that will bloom for a long time?
I was told miltassias are longer-lived, what's your experience?
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