Maxillaria tenuifolia (Project 11 - Summer 2010)

[RosieC]

I think I would feel the same, if my potential spikes turn out to be growths.

I would be disapointed, but at the same time it would mean my plant had gone from 3 growth points to 8 which can only be good news. At the momment I think it has 4 growth points (so one extra from it's last round of growths) and 4 spikes.

3 of the potential spikes are next to last years 3 new p-bulbs and each of those has a new growth on the opposite side of the bulb. The 4th is coming from a part of thy ryzome in the middle of the mount that has long ago lost it's bulbs and looks to be the oldest part of the plant. The 4th new growth is coming from a single bulb down the bottom of the mount where there has been no other sign of growth.

All in all I'm pretty pleased with this plant whether it flowers this year or not, but I would like it to flower as if it did it would be the first of any of my project plants to actually flower

[nenella]

I have had an other close inspection of mine.... I have looked at the photo I took when I first got it. Mine too has gotten alot bigger and has more p-bulbs. I have double growth (ie on opposite side like Rosie mentions above)... But, I can't say they are spikes as all new growths look very pointy..
One day.....

[Call_Me_Bob]

here is an update on mine. to many leads to counts


i wear size 13....


here are a few of the suspected spikes i have been talking about. havent moved much.

[Zoi2]

Amazing...mine is such a baby compared to yours, you're doing wonderfully with it!
Joann

[Call_Me_Bob]

thanks! it came huge. but id say it added 1/3 of what you see since i got it.

[RosieC]

Wow, yours is doing wonderfully Bob, it looks massive.

Mine is much smaller. Still can't decide if 4 of the 8 growths are leads or spikes.

[camille1585]

Yours looks great Bob. I remember that you had one of the largest ones when we started the project. Seeing how crzay fast they grow now I'm not so shocked that they can grow to be huge specimen's like Mauro's plant.

[Call_Me_Bob]

im not shocked at all! they grow so fast. i must have 30+ new growths! flowers would be nice though!

[Call_Me_Bob]

when i got it-



now

[RosieC]

Not part of the project, but I bought the yellow version today. It's only a seedling, but when I was at Burnham nursary today they had a lot of seedlings of the yellow and I've liked my project plant so much I just had to get one