Doritanopsis or phalaenopsis

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Hello!

I just noticed a spike on one of my phals this morning! I bought it in bloom two years ago, but it didn't bloom last year. All my other phals send out spikes before christmas... would that make this a doritanopsis? (I purchased a NOID plant)

Thanks

[Dorothy]

Doritis blooms in the summer .. (as per - Professional Grower's Notes on Blooming Phalaenopsis/Phals - Orchids)
and a Doritianopsis, being a hybrid of a Doritis and a Phalaenopsis - could bloom at any time of the year providing they have the right temperature changes and light to stimulate spiking ..
so you can't determine that your NOID is a Dtps by what time of the year it spikes .. but good question!

Here's a cool article on Doritis pulcherrima - Robert Bedard Horticulture: Hybridizing with Phalaenopsis Species: Doritis pulcherrima

[Bird Song Farm]

Dorothy, you are a wonder!
Al

[Dorothy]

Gee,
It's a great learning for me as well and it's all very fascinating

[Ray]

It's not that cut-and dried, I'm afraid.

It used to be that the traditional white/pink/mauve hybrids were typically winter bloomers, as they tend, as a group, to respond to cooler temperatures. Those in the red/orange/yellow range tended to be summer bloomers.

Hybrids in which amabilis, aphrodite, schilleriana, equestris, stuartiana, and the like - the "thin petaled" species - are used, tend to be with cool responders. Stuff like amboinensis, cornu-cervi, gigantea, mannii, mariae, and those thicker-petaled plants tend to be less strict about their blooming periods, sometimes remaining inn bloom essentially all the time.

Considering the complexity of hybrids and colors these days though, it's hard to really categorize them all that well.

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Hmm... it is very confusing.. I have several red and yellow "thick flowered" ones, but they bloom in the winter, but this one is a mauve, white, thin petaled one... oh well! I need a late spring/ summer blooming phal! Do you know of any specific phals that are summer bloomers?

[Dorothy]

Thanks, Ray .. great info !

[Brooke]

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Look for violacea and bellina in particular but also the ones that Ray mentioned are all summer bloomers. Primary hybrids between all of these will most likely be summer bloomers too.

Brooke