Phalaenopsis species flower stalk stopped growing

[tmoney]

Originally Posted by Bethy

Hello, what can be done about a flower stalk that started growing and then...stopped?

cry....

hehehe, but in all seriousness, if it hasn't opened in that long my guess is it won't. but we don't grow Cornu-cervi so i can't say for sure. either way, we always leave spike cause you never know if they will keep going, branch or whatever.

we tell our friends to leave them until it is so obvious it is dead they won't need to question it.

best of luck with the blooms!

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by tmoney

cry....

hehehe, but in all seriousness, if it hasn't opened in that long my guess is it won't. but we don't grow Cornu-cervi so i can't say for sure. either way, we always leave spike cause you never know if they will keep going, branch or whatever.

we tell our friends to leave them until it is so obvious it is dead they won't need to question it.

best of luck with the blooms!

Phal cornu-cervi (and several of its relatives in the Polychilos section such as Phal hieroglyphica) have a distinctive blooming habit. Those buds grow slowly, easy to miss them altogether, then suddenly, "boing", the flower opens. Typically only one or two at a time on an inflorescence, but new buds keep appearing at the tip, leading to those fantastic "scalloped" inflorescences. If you don't grow this species, you should! And they come in a range of colors from intense red, to yellow-brownish with stripes to aurea with no trace of red, and everything in between. So not only one, you could easily make room for several.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Phal cornu-cervi (and several of its relatives in the Polychilos section such as Phal hieroglyphica) have a distinctive blooming habit. Those buds grow slowly, easy to miss them altogether, then suddenly, "boing", the flower opens. Typically only one or two at a time on an inflorescence, but new buds keep appearing at the tip, leading to those fantastic "scalloped" inflorescences. If you don't grow this species, you should! And they come in a range of colors from intense red, to yellow-brownish with stripes to aurea with no trace of red, and everything in between. So not only one, you could easily make room for several.

What she said!

i have the normal and the yellow and i love them. waxy and super pretty....mine like the 2-4 flowers at a time move which is fine with me. lol

Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr

Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr

[Mountaineer370]

My Phal. cornu-cervi is one of my favorites! I do recall when I first got it, it did take a while to adjust to my growing conditions. But now it is always doing something interesting and is in almost perpetual bloom from one of the many inflorescences or basal growths. It even started a keiki at one point, but while I was waiting and thinking about cutting it off to plant it separately, it made its own decision to put those roots right down into the medium, so I've left it there.

It's a really fun plant, and for those of us who are space-challenged, yes, it grows but seems to stay pretty compact. I'd love to have another one or two or three.

In your case, I do think a couple photos would be helpful.

[tmoney]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Phal cornu-cervi (and several of its relatives in the Polychilos section such as Phal hieroglyphica) have a distinctive blooming habit. Those buds grow slowly, easy to miss them altogether, then suddenly, "boing", the flower opens. Typically only one or two at a time on an inflorescence, but new buds keep appearing at the tip, leading to those fantastic "scalloped" inflorescences. If you don't grow this species, you should! And they come in a range of colors from intense red, to yellow-brownish with stripes to aurea with no trace of red, and everything in between. So not only one, you could easily make room for several.

always the enabler

fine, if you insist i will tell the boss that you said we had to get some!