Potinara Kozo's Scarlet 'Ve-Emi' - Orchid Board

denvervet · #1 11-19-2011, 12:38 PM

I hope I picked the right forum. My Potinara Kozo's Scarlet 'Vi-Emi' SM/JOGA was purchased at Lowes and marked down since it was turning brown and looked like it had not been watered in ages. I brought it home and transplanted it to a clay Orchid pot with a mix of bark, charcoal and styrofoam bits. It took a while but it finally took off this Summer and got new growth and its still trying to produce yet another leaf. My question is this; when does this variety of orchid usually bloom? I know I am pushing things since this plant was so sick but since it is supposed to have a bright red flower I just can't wait! It hardly had any live roots when purchased and about 2 months ago it started sprouting roots like crazy. It gets about an hour or less of early morning sun in a northwest window. I have to water it 2X a week since there is barely any humidity in Denver and it dries out, I mist it once daily in the morning. Anyone know bloom times? Any other advice with this plant? Thanks folks!

msaar · #2 11-19-2011, 09:45 PM

Pot. Kozo's Scarlet 'Vi-Emy' HCC/AOS was awarded in December. My guess is that this plant will not be particular about the time of year it blooms. You need to decide for yourself if your tag is incorrect.

Vanda lover · #3 11-19-2011, 10:56 PM

Pot. Usually bloom whenever a growth is completed, with a little luck, once the plant is is good health.

denvervet · #4 11-21-2011, 10:56 PM

Thanks, the plant is very healthy, one new leaf finally opened and its getting another one that is about 4 inches long right now. It would be nice if it bloomed

denvervet · #5 01-07-2012, 03:48 PM

Can someone recommend what type of light this Potinara needs? It get very little morning sun and bright light all day now, seems to be growing real well, has 2 new leaves and finally some nice root growth....any tips at Potinara's?

Zoi2 · #6 01-07-2012, 04:41 PM

Do you have a light meter that you can tell how much light you are actually providing the plant? The cattleyas usually require in the neighborhood of 2,000 - 4,000 foot candles. Also, is your plant mature enough to bloom?
Joann

denvervet · #7 01-07-2012, 04:51 PM

It had bloomed in the Home Depot store where I rescued it from but the blooms were dead and they had it on mark-down slowly dying. Roots didn't do much since I aquired it last March until about September, now there and new ones and growing a lot. It has 2 new leaves, since I got it and a total of 8 healthy thick strong leaves. I repotted it in March with a bark mixture, medium size. It seems to be doing really well. So can you define 2-4000 candles in terms of medium, bright light or sun?

catwalker808 · #8 01-09-2012, 02:03 AM

denvervet.
My educated guess is that your name: Potinara Kozo's Scarlet 'Vi-Emi' SM/JOGA is the correct name. SM/JOGA stands for Silver Medal/ Japan Orchid Growers Association (Japan's professional orchid growers judging system). The Japanese judging standards are very uniformly applied throughout Japan, because judges travel so much between the various cities. SM is equivalent to the AM in the AOS system.

There is a Japanese grower who uses the Vi as part of the designation for some clones, in this case the Emi part is probably a woman's name Emi, or shortened from Emiko. (The Vi is Vee ... or pronounced Bee in Japan. I don't know what it refers to, but I should ask the grower when I see him next month)

If your plant was purchased from Lowes, it is probably a second generation clone from Taiwan (clone of a Japanese original clone). If a plant received an HCC/AOS award in December, I would further guess that it was also a second generation clone that was awarded. Only the hybrid name Pot. Kozo's Scarlet would have been registered. It is probably easy for the clonal name to have been phonetically misspelled from Vi-Emi to Vi-Emy.

denvervet · #9 01-09-2012, 02:53 PM

Thanks for the information, explains a lot. What would you recommend for light requirements for this plant?

catwalker808 · #10 01-09-2012, 04:08 PM

Potinara is a combination of Brassavola, Laelia, Cattleya & Sophronitis, in varying proportions. With the redesignated genus names, some of the Potinaras may become Blc or Bc (depending on which Laelias were involved. Sophronitis changes to Cattleya).

In a lattitude, with strong summer sun, full midday sunlight might be about 10,000 foot candles. 4000 fc would be with 60% shade, 2000 fc would be with 80% shade.

Indoors, under lights, this reference to shading is meaningless. But it would amount to bright light & the plants need warm to intermediate temps. Day length is another matter. We don't grow under lights here, but you probably need at least 8-10 hours in Denver.