When will my Brassavola Digbyana be blooming size?

[astrid]

I recently purchased a Brassavola Digbyana "Palmer's Pink" at a show from Seattle Orchid. It still has all its tiny baby growths on it and appears not to have bloomed.

The listing online says that they are not blooming size yet.

For those of you who have these orchids, can you tell me how big they were before they bloomed?
I will include a picture of mine. I am hoping that their next growths will give me some blooms, but I am worried I may have to wait 2-3 more years for a bloom.

Thanks for sharing what you know!

PS I know it's called something like rhyncolaelia or whatever now, but I can't be arsed to remember all these name changes!!

[Zoi2]

Yours looks like a large seedling. I would imagine you have a year or two at least before blooming. These guys need sun, lots of sun.
Good luck.
Joann

[RandomGemini]

That's a seedling? Wow! So these won't bloom at a smaller size like some cattleya alliance plants will?

[No-Pro-mwa]

I keep looking at those on there sight, glad to see the plant it looks good, now it makes me want it more. Thanks a bunch Astrid........NOT.

[Brooke]

I agree with Joann - two or three years to bloom, maybe longer. Double ditto on the sun, lots of sun and then more sun.

An easy way to remember the name change is to write it down on the back of your original tag.

Brooke

[astrid]

Originally Posted by Zoi2

Yours looks like a large seedling. I would imagine you have a year or two at least before blooming. These guys need sun, lots of sun.
Good luck.
Joann

Noooo!!
Darnit. That said, I've noticed these are pretty hard to find and so getting a seedling for $30 is probably a lot nicer than getting a full sized plant for the cost of an arm and a leg.

Thanks for telling me.

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Originally Posted by Brooke

I agree with Joann - two or three years to bloom, maybe longer. Double ditto on the sun, lots of sun and then more sun.

An easy way to remember the name change is to write it down on the back of your original tag.

Brooke

Haha I'm just bitter toward name changes. Like changing miltassia to bratonia? Can we calm down please? Maybe there should be some release of name changes on a yearly basis instead of being haphazardly like this.
It also makes it harder to find orchids at times because some people might call it the new name, others call it the old name... I digress!

I've got this growing directly in the window with just a thin bit of plastic in the middle to diffuse the light and I hope it will bloom next year. XD
But if wishes were fishes, we'd all have a big fry...

[NYCorchidman]

Well, I disagree.
I used to grow this species, and mine was very small.
Your plant looks to me like a flowering size or near flowering size.
With good care (as mentioned above, a lot of strong light is very important), I wouldn't be surprised to see flowers on this new growth or the next.
Then, again, even with good care, individual plant can exhibit differences, so who knows?

By the way, I am very curious to see the flowers on this because of the name pink.
I have only seen whitish green flowers.

[astrid]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Well, I disagree.
I used to grow this species, and mine was very small.
Your plant looks to me like a flowering size or near flowering size.
With good care (as mentioned above, a lot of strong light is very important), I wouldn't be surprised to see flowers on this new growth or the next.
Then, again, even with good care, individual plant can exhibit differences, so who knows?

By the way, I am very curious to see the flowers on this because of the name pink.
I have only seen whitish green flowers.

Aww, well thank you! Seattle Orchid's website said this was "not blooming size" but they don't say anything else after that.

I hope that the plant blooms for me soon! I'm feeding all my plants once a month with a balanced fertilizer and some maxicrop, and the digbyana is sitting right up next to the window, and it has a pretty solid wet/dry cycle on its mount. I've also been opening my window and turning a fan on at night so everyone can get a temperature change and some ventilation. I'm trying!!

I guess I just worry because I'm at the point in my life where I could graduate from college soon and may have to move and I worry that maybe I'll never see a particular orchid bloom if I leave it behind, haha.

I've looked up pictures of this variety and they seem to have a slight peachy tinge to their outer petals and sepals, and a white lip. We will see (hopefully!).

[Bulbofett]

Originally Posted by astrid

Aww, well thank you! Seattle Orchid's website said this was "not blooming size" but they don't say anything else after that.

I hope that the plant blooms for me soon! I'm feeding all my plants once a month with a balanced fertilizer and some maxicrop, and the digbyana is sitting right up next to the window, and it has a pretty solid wet/dry cycle on its mount. I've also been opening my window and turning a fan on at night so everyone can get a temperature change and some ventilation. I'm trying!!

I guess I just worry because I'm at the point in my life where I could graduate from college soon and may have to move and I worry that maybe I'll never see a particular orchid bloom if I leave it behind, haha.

I've looked up pictures of this variety and they seem to have a slight peachy tinge to their outer petals and sepals, and a white lip. We will see (hopefully!).

Whhaaaa?! Why would you leave them behind?

[astrid]

Originally Posted by Bulbofett

Whhaaaa?! Why would you leave them behind?

Imagine if I move somewhere very hot and dry- it would be hard for me to keep the miltoniopsis orchids with me. Or imagine if I moved to Hawaii or somewhere with strong importing rules... it'd be hard!

Or imagine if I move to another country (which is a real dream of mine!!) with my partner, then it would be extremely expensive to get papers to transport all my orchids with me, and maybe I wouldn't live there forever so I'd have to take my collection with me again??? Also if I went somewhere like New Zealand, they have extremely protective biosecurity laws (they sprayed the airplane before we deboarded with bug spray inside the cabin) and I couldn't take them with me there, either.

It's the same reason I won't get a dog right away after I get a job and graduate- I don't know if I'll be in the same country in 10 years!!