Cattleya warscewiczii (C. gigas) with flowers 12 in. tall ... a myth , or reality ??

[Ray]

Of the 146 awards documented in OrchidWiz 7.0, the largest having size documented was 22 cm top to bottom.

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by Ray

Of the 146 awards documented in OrchidWiz 7.0, the largest having size documented was 22 cm top to bottom.

Thanks for your help Ray! This is nice now that we have numbers, or a number to work with. To start off with.

An extra say 8 cm would certainly be do-able. We've seen giant pumpkins and things. So up to 30 cm or more flower is not a far fetching scenario.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by SouthPark

Thanks for your help Ray! This is nice now that we have numbers, or a number to work with. To start off with.

An extra say 8 cm would certainly be do-able. We've seen giant pumpkins and things. So up to 30 cm or more flower is not a far fetching scenario.

Since you brought up pumpkins... a few years ago, I sponsored a “giant” pumpkin grower. He decided to start by trying KelpMax on his grandson’s efforts.

1 ounce per gallon, applied once per week (8 times my recommendation) yielded pumpkins that weighed about 30% more than the “gauge” weight, calculated from the physical dimensions.

I’m quite sure something similar can be done with orchids, but now that I am limited in my scope of growing, it’ll be someone else that’ll have to punch the envelope.