Ive been told several times I staked my paph spike too early. I only actually staked one myself and it drooped bec it was staked too early as the ovary was not hardened..Key words here ovary and hardened...
First of all I didnt know what the Ovary was. Second I didn't know that the Ovary was the seed pod. Ahhh now makes sense that the plants flower was "weeping".
Staking a paph too early causes the flower to droop and you cant see its full glory..
I went back over some pictures I took and tried to find the point in time I made the error of staking too early. I did stake the spike bec it was leaning way over. That didnt help the flower. Just made the spike straight and you can always straighten that out.You get one chance with the bloom to get it right.
Why? Bec when you stake the spike below the SOFT ovary the ovary bends down at that point unless its Hardened..Its a combination of the ovary being done growing and starting to harden up enough to lift the flower over the top of it and its time to stake it..When you stake them too early that point at the ovary and spike is left with a 90' bend in it which causes the flower to weep and you cant fix this. If you try to straighten the flower out,it will break bec that point again between the spike and the ovary has hardened. If you had waited till it hardened 1st to stake it, the ovary and spike are a continuation of each other and complimentary. As opposed to the early staking which creates undue tension on the flower at the point of the soft ovary.
hows my mechanics on this?
Ill dig for the pics and you can see exactly why this happens.
you can already see the problem starting here from the initial staking
getting a little more serious bend..I honestly thought the plant would pik itself up but it doesnt work like that after you have already set in action the process.At this point you have a weeping slipper
please feel free to add your ideas on this..I have a few new buds and I want to stake them right next time
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