Phalaenopsis gigantea - long term growing project

[Dalachin]

I just got my first gigantea! Been lurking on this thread for awhile. It is a seedling in a 2.5 inch pot, no cultivar listed, Repotted in the same size pot with a mix of bark, perlite, and a few strands of spagnum. Hoping for the best!

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Dalachin

I just got my first gigantea! Been lurking on this thread for awhile. It is a seedling in a 2.5 inch pot, no cultivar listed, Repotted in the same size pot with a mix of bark, perlite, and a few strands of spagnum. Hoping for the best!

Nice looking plant! I wouldn't consider that a seedling though, it's already quite big!

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Originally Posted by tmoney

haha! well, 🤷🏻*♂️...calling roberta to the gigantea aisle!!

my advice, just go and get you a starship!!

hmmm, just checked and they don’t have any left asendorfer does have regular giganteas now for 20 and 50.


we did move it to full sun a couple weeks ago when the temps cooled off, perhaps try that with yours ??

I don't think I'd want to get another, one space hogging plant that doesn't bloom is enough! As to light levels, I actually pulled it back from the window a bit this year to try giving slightly less light. The leaves were a weird green-yellow color.
I think my plant got set back back the death of all the active root tips early in the growing season (accidently over fertilized). It only just started new root tips recently.

[tmoney]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Nice looking plant! I wouldn't consider that a seedling though, it's already quite big!

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I don't think I'd want to get another, one space hogging plant that doesn't bloom is enough! As to light levels, I actually pulled it back from the window a bit this year to try giving slightly less light. The leaves were a weird green-yellow color.
I think my plant got set back back the death of all the active root tips early in the growing season (accidently over fertilized). It only just started new root tips recently.

ha, i hear ya! i went back and read the history of your plant again, and with everything it’s been through and how slow they grow, perhaps it just needs another year or 2 of stable growth before blooming? don’t know, but we wish you the best of luck!

and that plant shown by dalachin does hint at being a seedling (assuming it is a species gigantea) only judging by the leaf size. the leaf ours grew this year is 40 cm tiptotail, so that plant looks pretty small. but again, only guessing!

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by tmoney

and that plant shown by dalachin does hint at being a seedling (assuming it is a species gigantea) only judging by the leaf size. the leaf ours grew this year is 40 cm tiptotail, so that plant looks pretty small. but again, only guessing!

The reason I say it's not a seedling (teenage plant I'd say) is that I've seen photos of smaller plants than that blooming. It could be an outlier of course or a particularly precocious strain, but I think like most Phals, "Blooming Size" is smaller than you'd think. I managed to dig up the thread again, a member from Greece got a nice spike on his relatively small plant.

Culture questions for Phalaenopsis gigantea!

[tmoney]

Originally Posted by camille1585

The reason I say it's not a seedling (teenage plant I'd say) is that I've seen photos of smaller plants than that blooming. It could be an outlier of course or a particularly precocious strain, but I think like most Phals, "Blooming Size" is smaller than you'd think. I managed to dig up the thread again, a member from Greece got a nice spike on his relatively small plant.

Culture questions for Phalaenopsis gigantea!

ah, i see! it makes sense with slower growers that they would take longer to reach full size. and your right that all the phal seedlings we have started out much smaller than that!!

thanks for that link! what a nice little plant that was, eh?! so with our spike starting a week later, our goal is late feb blooming. where’s roberta? i need my daily dose of “patience”....