Laelia anceps update - Orchid Board

aliceinwl · #1 08-08-2018, 01:04 AM

Nice flower! I think mine is labeled as deep purple. I got it in spike last year with three pseudobulbs. This year's new growth is still pretty immature so I don't think I'll be getting any flowers this winter.

Roberta · #2 08-08-2018, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by aliceinwl

Nice flower! I think mine is labeled as deep purple. I got it in spike last year with three pseudobulbs. This year's new growth is still pretty immature so I don't think I'll be getting any flowers this winter.

If it was already in spike when it was divided, it may need a year to get enough oomph to bloom. Three p-bulbs is still pretty small. Sometimes blooming front divisions are cut off and sold... I have obtained some really nice ones that way, they do sometimes need a year to get going on their own, especially if they don't have a whole lot of roots to start with. But it is still possible that the new growth will produce a spike... some L. anceps bloom early - the ones that are going to bloom in October and November would be showing spikes by now, but the late bloomers (January/February) still have time. And I have had one bloom in January one year, November for a couple of years, and then back to January - the same plant. I just sit back and watch them and enjoy.

aliceinwl · #3 08-08-2018, 02:30 AM

That sounds like a likely scenario. It's a really healthy looking plant. If the p-bulb it's putting out matures and it holds to schedule, maybe I'll see flowers again January 2020 :-)

A summer bloomer would be nice, when mine did bloom last January it took a bit of a beating in the rain which I think shortened the lifespan of the flowers.

bogdan · #4 08-08-2018, 05:04 AM

We already have blooming L. anceps in the Botanical Garden here. Why so early, are they that variable?

Roberta · #5 08-08-2018, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by bogdan

We already have blooming L. anceps in the Botanical Garden here. Why so early, are they that variable?

As I mentioned above, I had one that just bloomed... many months early. My others are behaving normally. So apparently they can vary widely, and it's not just the difference in growing conditions between the botanical garden and my back yard, since the one that bloomed early gets exactly the same treatment as all the others, and has bloomed normally in the past. Weather is just crazy (both yours and mine) , and I guess that the plants are confused.