Seaweeds may drastically lower PH to dangerous levels?

[Ray]

Originally Posted by DavTom

Do you think it is usual for such a small plant to have already bloomed in these 3 months?

In my opinion, there are two reasons a relatively small plant will bloom:

1) It has developed sufficient reserves to do so, based upon the quality of conditions. (That is, a plant grown under less-favorable conditions will want to build up a great deal more reserves before it is willing to "risk it" by blooming.)

2) It is near death and blooming is a last-ditch attempt to carry on its genetics.

I certainly feel the former is the case. Besides, mottled-leaved paphs don't get particularly big, anyway.