Phalaenopsis gigantea - long term growing project

[camille1585]

That long you think? I know most Phals take about 3 months from spike nubbin to open bloom, but seeing as this spike grew about 8in in 4 weeks, I was guessing shorter. Though it probably depends on the final length of the spike.

[Roberta]

I try not to expect anything soon... I get teased by so many plants, including my Phals. Of course, when you want it to take longer, it may perversely decide to be fast...

[tmoney]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Any bets on when the first bloom with be open?

im going with September 1, 2024!

if your plants are like ours, it will tease for at least a couple weeks after it should have opened

the keikis you sent us are doing great, btw, thank you! we owe you something good, and when each of us is settled back for the fall we will give you a shout! have fun in parees!

[Desdinova]

I did promise pictures and here they are.

The plant is growing in a three inch pot in sphagnum and the largest leaf is eight inches in length. I have all my plants in my apartment so normal growing conditions. I have been led to believe that it's rather small for a blooming gigantea.

The color is not quite right. The background color should be a greenish white. So the last photo is closer in color.

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Desdinova

I did promise pictures and here they are.

The plant is growing in a three inch pot in sphagnum and the largest leaf is eight inches in length. I have all my plants in my apartment so normal growing conditions. I have been led to believe that it's rather small for a blooming gigantea.

The color is not quite right. The background color should be a greenish white. So the last photo is closer in color.

Very nice blooms, congrats!! I've seen photos of plants blooming at that size so it certainly is possible.

[Desdinova]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Very nice blooms, congrats!! I've seen photos of plants blooming at that size so it certainly is possible.

Thank you. This is a relief to know.

[camille1585]

I don't think I'll be seeing any blooms this year. Sadly the plant sitter accidentally snapped the spike while watering. I don't blame her at all, I came close to breaking it myself multiple times. The plant has to be carefully moved from the heavy clay cache pot to a bucket of water while making sure the leaves hang over the side of the table. It's really, really easy to accidently bash that long hanging spike into the table while doing that.

It's not fully broken (about 3/4 of the way through) so I taped it back into a straight position. The tip is not dead but unfortunately it's not growing any more....

[tmoney]

oh man, sorry to hear that

[Blueszz]

What a bummer.
I enjoyed the pictures from the previous flowers. I think I need a gigantea too now

[tmoney]

Originally Posted by Blueszz

What a bummer.
I enjoyed the pictures from the previous flowers. I think I need a gigantea too now

agreed!! check out asendorfer...we were directed there when thinking about a gigantea, and we have been super happy with the product. beware, their cultivar is expensive, but again, worth it imho...

ooooohhhh man...edit to add that i just went back to asendorfer online and they have a gigantea alba selfing available...a bit pricey at 100 but that is tempting