Gastrochilus japonicus (Project 12 - Spring 2011)

[Jennyfleur]

Woo hoo zxyqu! The one on the right does look like a spike and, I feel you can take more credit for yours than I can for mine! (after all, all I did was get it from spike stage to bloom stage!)

[Amanda L]

Well, my nubbin is shaping up to be a spike!! I'm so excited. The first spike is starting to change too. It's getting fatter at the tip. I can't wait to see it bloom!

[zxyqu]

Saw something interesting on my Gastro that I thought I would ask about. I know ivy and other vines grow little feet to grip surfaces. I guess it shouldn't surprise me though that orchids can do the same. Either way, I thought it was cool. (And hopefully that's what this is, and it's not some horrible fungal problem that I'm overlooking...)

[Call_Me_Bob]

yep! orchids do that too! pretty cool huh?

[zxyqu]

Yup. It makes sense, I'd just never seen it, heard of it, or knew about it. Very Cool.

[tcrane]

I've never seen that either, and I've got plenty of happily mounted plants growing new roots! Maybe I need to look closer? Great photo of the little 'feet'.

-Tristan

[RosieC]

I've seen that sort of thing on phal roots before. Not seen it on the gastro, but as the roots are a similar type it would not surprise me. I've never really known it's purpose, but whatever it is I would say it's pretty normal for the ones with these sort of vandaceous roots.

[Jennyfleur]

I love the little feet! Growing everything in pots, you don't get to see things like that!

All my flowers are out now no scent that I can tell, but they do look very pretty. I wasn't sure I'd be able to get on here just now (as I haven't been able to log on for a couple of days), so I've not hooked up my camera yet! I'll post some picts later though (assuming I can make it back!)

[Paul Mc]

I can't wait to see your pics! Mine's on it's way, but still no flower buds formed yet.

[Jennyfleur]

The first two pics are a bit dark, but you can see the speckles on the inside of the lip. The others, well, I couldn't decide which shot was best, so I uploaded all of them!