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Originally Posted by Mr.Fakename
Nice work Keith, looking good! What are the temps in your greenhouse?
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The temperature was running 95F day/75F night at the time of my first post/pictures of these three plants. The temperature is now about 75-80F days with 60F nights. This will most likely end up being around 70F daytime and 55F night in mid-winter. I have some misgivings about letting phalaenopsis get this cool for a month or two so I'll be watching these plants very closely.
-Keith
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Originally Posted by desirue
I had posted in the beginner thread regarding a question about my Gigantea Alba about repotting due to some questionable media it was in. I did end up repotting it early last week. It seems to have taken to the repot and new medium really well thankfully. Its new leaf is still steadily growing and a new root and what I think (hope?!) is a flower spike started to poke through as well. It's hard for me to get a good picture of it with my phone; I may try again later tonight in better light. But I'm excited nonetheless, even if both are roots.  |
I love hearing about people's successes! Which one do you think may be a flower spike?
-Keith
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Originally Posted by camille1585
Nice looking plants Keith, they've grown well for you!
I have not noticed that my gigantea spends more time inactive than other Phal species. I get 1 or 2 new leaves per year, though it seems to take longer for the leaf to fully develop (not surprising given the leaf size!). My impression on growth rate is that they grow at a similar speed as other Phals, but because they need to be much larger in order to bloom, they need to produce more leaves to get there which adds years to their juvenile phase...
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What you said makes a lot of sense. Growing at the same speed in mm per month will take a plant with one foot leaves three times longer than one with 3 inch leaves. This could explain why P. Gigantea seems to grow at a normal rate versus other phals when small. That said, my larger plant sat doing nothing for the first 6-8 weeks.
One good thing about this thread is that it can document growth when we would otherwise be relying on our recall and impressions.
-Keith
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