Phalaenopsis Haul from Redlands

[zxyqu]

There were tons of species available at Redlands: to name what I remember and make you consider Redlands next year:
amabalis, aphrodite, mannii, cornu-cervi, malipoensis, parishii (and the alba form...), venosa, lueddemanniana, corningiana, vioalcea (all forms), bellina (alba, normal, and coerulea), gigantea (huge 24" leafspans), lindenii, florensis, amboinensis, cochlearis, kunstleri, javanica, heiroglyphica (and alba form), hainanensis (probably braceana/stobartiana as well), modesta, schilleriana, sumatrana, stuartiana, reichenbachiana, tetraspis, and speciosa. That's about it that I can remember...

[shadytrake]

Definitely where to go when looking for species phals all in one place!!

[zxyqu]

Yeah this was my first time, and it was definitely a species fest for sure. And I probably missed some as well. All of those I listed were at about 4 sellers. It was awesome.

[WhiteRabbit]

Nice haul - they look great!

Very nice haul. I just recently got Phal Coral Isles x corningiana and am very curious what the blooms would look like. Guessing something dark red and fragrant.
Do you have a closer picture of your flask?

[zxyqu]

I can take a photo of the flask a bit later. Has about 25 seedlings or so, about 1-2" in size. Roots look good, and agar still moist. They'll probably get to enjoy that for the rest of spring/summer
I'm thinking the coral isles x corningiana will be super fragrant (goal one), and hopefully of decent form. The form will probably be pretty open, but I'm hoping the PK in Coral Isles will keep that too a minimum. Color should be dark red/purple, and hopefully pretty solid with minimal spotting... Hopefully on all of that.

Great! Thank you. I just wanted to compare it to mine. I am so afraid to miss the moment when I need to take them out. What do you think about mine? Would you take them out now or keep in for some while? Here are some pics, sorry it is hard to see them:






Thanks

[zxyqu]

I could really go either way with this one. How long have you had it? If you haven't had it long, I'd let them acclimate a bit to your settings, as there is some obviously headspace available for them to grow. I can't really tell how crowded it is towards the center, but if the center looks fairly open, they can continue doing what they are doing in the flask. You've got some good roots in there, the agar still seems mosit, and the plants dont appear "choked."

Thank you. Vendor advised me that it is better to keep them in another couple months, so if everything goes well, I will deflask sometime in july.
So basically I need to make sure that roots and leaves are still green, right?
How do I know that they are choked? And is it too late when they are choked?

[zxyqu]

The "choking" I'm refering to can just slow the growth of any plants near the center. That's because the plants along the side get exterior light from the side. Those that are bigger can grow north towards the lid as well, effectively limiting light making it to the middle of the flask. This is really only a problem when there are too many plants done on a replate, or when a flask has grown to long in flask. I'd imagine you're just fine.