Phalaenopsis gigantea - long term growing project

[camille1585]

The spike is growing pretty fast, much faster than I expected given how slowly this species grows! Tomorrow I'm going to buy a heavy outer pot to put it in, because soon I will have to move the plant to the edge of the shelf so that the spike can continue its downward growth.

I have a sinking feeling that I'm not going to get to see the blooms though, I'm leaving July 28th for 4 weeks... Don't get me wrong I'm overjoyed to be going to watch the Paris games and have my usual vacation, but after 10 years of waiting I wanted to see my baby's first flowers!

Any bets on when the first bloom with be open?

[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.