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01-22-2016, 05:28 PM
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Wait, so which one of those you mentioned "can" have spots?
I know V. ampullaceal naturally have spots.
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01-25-2016, 09:07 PM
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Wait, so which one of those you mentioned "can" have spots?
I know V. ampullaceal naturally have spots.
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The 1944 V. christensoniana x V. ampullacea will get spots when put too close to the southern facing window. I put her six inches back, and the the spots go away.
Learned something new today. Guess the spot gene is dominant?
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01-25-2016, 09:12 PM
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The spots are good. That means it's getting plenty of light. Ascocentrums need lots of light to bloom, and I've read for years that they bloom better when they have these spots.
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01-25-2016, 09:18 PM
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The spots are good. That means it's getting plenty of light. Ascocentrums need lots of light to bloom, and I've read for years that they bloom better when they have these spots.
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She's been putting out lots of roots. Going to put her back in her position where she gets lots of spots! |
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01-25-2016, 09:23 PM
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I just posted a photo in another thread of the same 1944 V/A christensoniana/um x V/A ampullacea/um. In December I thought it might be making a spike, but it's a vegetative offset.
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01-26-2016, 07:25 AM
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As far as I know spots are a reaction to a strong light exposure - these contain the anthocyanin pigment that protects the plant cells from the light (a sort of sun screen). In some plants this pigment is more or less evenly distributed (e.g. some Phalaenopsis plants get red colored leaves under strong light) but in some plants the pigment is deposited in the form of distinct spots. The former genus Ascocentrum (now Vanda) exhibits such strong tendency, and this is passed to it's hybrids so for example Ascofinetia and Ascocenda will generally have tendency to form spots under bright light. Other Neo varieties like, e.g., Beniougi will just get even red coloring (especially on the older leaves) when subjected to bright light and no spots.
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