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Originally Posted by jonnygreenthumb
Can't wait for it to bloom  . Think I've got a while though, any ideas on how long of a wait? I have to keep it in a small 5gl. tank with peat soaked in 'clean' water. No air movement, high humidity. Hopefully I'll be entering it in AOS judging, for a perfect flower  |
By the looks of those seedlings, and being in cultivation, you may have about 6 or so years until first bloom. When first bloom occurs, it will usually be a small flower. You have to wait either the next year or two years. They usually do not flower every year. When on its second blooming, it will be more floriferous, either producing 2 or 3 flowers a spike, or two spikes.
The problem with
Dendrophyllax lindenii is that most plants do not produce nicely formed flowers. Some are usually tubular, small, or just down-right dogged. I watched many of the seedlings at Selby Gardens bloom for their first time, and then the next year, blooming again. After first blooming, there is typically quite a bit of root growth. Mature cultivated plants will produce roots to 8 or 9 inches long... the best way to grow them (besides on Pond Apple branches) is on an orchid slat with sphagnum moss tied onto the slat with the plant surrounded in moss. NEVER allow your plant to dry!
Hope some of this information helps you... sorry if it is not in order, I am quite tired...
-Pat
guessing game
. Can you guess what it is? Clue: likes stagnant air.
, would have never known myself. Are they leafless? Looks like phal type roots? Not familiar with this particular species.
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