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07-01-2020, 01:16 PM
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I love how large those buds are! Very cool!
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07-01-2020, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts
my challenge with the Stans is in catching the spike forming early enough to open the pot.
I like them mounted for that but it is always a work in progress.
(makes popcorn to watch this show...)
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 Open the pot? Forgive my nosiness but are you doing surgery on those plastic slatted pots when you think a spike is emerging? Flori-Culture: Orchid & Specialty Growing Supplyhas wire baskets(pg.3) with openings for downward growing spikes that have worked for me very well. I just add hooks for hanging. Folks have even made their own from chicken wire or similar. 
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07-01-2020, 03:37 PM
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Open the pot? Forgive my nosiness but are you doing surgery on those plastic slatted pots when you think a spike is emerging? Flori-Culture: Orchid & Specialty Growing Supplyhas wire baskets(pg.3) with openings for downward growing spikes that have worked for me very well. I just add hooks for hanging. Folks have even made their own from chicken wire or similar. |
I put these in plastic baskets. When I see a spike emerging I get out my little diagonal cutters and cut away that part of the basket. If in a wire basket I can cut that too (I have had spikes get jammed on these as well), but plastic is a lot easier. As long as there's enough basket left to hold the plant (which hangs on tight) and a hanger, still good. |
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07-03-2020, 12:17 PM
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Still waiting... here's what it looks like this morning. Slight separation on buds, but that started last eve... so I keep cheering it on... hope that it build up the hydrostaic pressure (ooomph) to pop open instead of fizzling.
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07-03-2020, 12:24 PM
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The waaaaaaiiittting in the hardest part
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07-05-2020, 11:39 AM
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Whohoo!!!! This is what greeted me this morning. Heavy, musky fragrance.
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07-05-2020, 12:56 PM
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07-05-2020, 01:14 PM
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Couple of close-ups of the center of the flower (hypochile/mesochile/epichile) These are thick and hard, look like cartilage.
This link shows something of the anatomy of the Stanhopea flower, really different than most orchids. Stanhopea Culture: Stanhopea Morphology |
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07-05-2020, 01:27 PM
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this species so so so much!!!!!!!!! I have always really wanted one!!! now I REALLY REALLY want one!!!!!!
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07-05-2020, 01:32 PM
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this species so so so much!!!!!!!!! I have always really wanted one!!! now I REALLY REALLY want one!!!!!!
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A friend of mine managed to bloom one of these in his bathroom (with a skylight) Check out page 2 of this newsletter. https://www.fascinationoforchids.com...r/CGOS2006.pdf So it should be do-able for you! They don't need or want a lot of light. They do need to stay damp or they lose their leaves.
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