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05-30-2007, 11:19 PM
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Whatever you do with the Tolu & RCDM's, DON'T CUT THE SPIKES unless it turns yellow/brown. These plants can rebloom from the same spike for months on end, even rebloom from where a flower once was. I have Jairak rainbow. The label said ONC, but it is a tolumnia(Dressler 1993). Mine blooms white, turns yellow after a week or so then slowely to a violet~pink shade before it's done. For that particular Tolu, it seems to randomly shoot out new 15+ spikes out of fresh node and even where a single flower once was on the spike! I love all my TOLU's, they are like the energizer bunny of orchids... They keep going and going and going..........
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05-31-2007, 10:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Orchidaholic
Whatever you do with the Tolu & RCDM's, DON'T CUT THE SPIKES unless it turns yellow/brown. These plants can rebloom from the same spike for months on end, even rebloom from where a flower once was. I have Jairak rainbow. The label said ONC, but it is a tolumnia(Dressler 1993). Mine blooms white, turns yellow after a week or so then slowely to a violet~pink shade before it's done. For that particular Tolu, it seems to randomly shoot out new 15+ spikes out of fresh node and even where a single flower once was on the spike! I love all my TOLU's, they are like the energizer bunny of orchids... They keep going and going and going..........
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And, let me add, I can keep a whole bunch in less space than one decent sized Brassia or Oncidium!  |
06-01-2007, 02:38 AM
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Ross, I Have 4 Tolu. that take up less space than 1/16th of my Brassia New Start 'galaxy' & the lil plants give masses of flowers. I so love mini's!!!
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06-01-2007, 06:37 AM
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Nice Tolumnia Ross and very well grown! 
What size are the flowers? I have a two growth mounted Tolumnia Jairak Carnival that is currently in flower [I really should get around to taking a photo of the blooms] and several other Tolumnias [such as Haiwaii Popoki and Stoplight Guy] as well as a species- urophyllum I think, and I have a Zelemnia Liz Full Moon in bloom as well [a x between Tolumnia and Zelonka I think]. |
06-01-2007, 12:03 PM
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Well done Ross. I particularly like the green background!  |
06-04-2007, 02:46 PM
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Beautiful blooms , lots of bang for the buck . Gin
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06-04-2007, 02:47 PM
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Both of mine now have new growths appearing. More flowers in the future!
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06-04-2007, 08:06 PM
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Great, Ross. Nice colors
I also like to use that setup for these.
It is somewhat difficult to get Tolumnia hybrids (here)... don't know why  |
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