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06-24-2013, 07:19 PM
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I haven't yet tried going with seedlings. I'm too impatient. If it's not flowering size, I tend not to get it.
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06-29-2013, 01:03 AM
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She is beautiful, Bud! Congratulations!
I just got one too, but it is about 5" tall, so I will have to wait a couple of years before she blooms. At Kawamoto, they have a huge display of blooming Red Dragon outside in full sun. It is spectacular! I will take a photo of it next week and post here if you don't mind.
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06-29-2013, 11:16 AM
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I haven't yet tried going with seedlings. I'm too impatient. If it's not flowering size, I tend not to get it.
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I prefer blooming size plants too, but can't always afford them. There are some plants that I wouldn't be able to buy locally, so I settle for seedlings off Ebay. There are some really unusual hybrids. I got a rhynchorides and a Aeridovanda that way.
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06-29-2013, 01:48 PM
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She is beautiful, Bud! Congratulations!
I just got one too, but it is about 5" tall, so I will have to wait a couple of years before she blooms. At Kawamoto, they have a huge display of blooming Red Dragon outside in full sun. It is spectacular! I will take a photo of it next week and post here if you don't mind.
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Thank You for the visit, Chara!
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01-14-2014, 01:21 PM
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I wish I had room for this one! It's gorgeous! Someone told me that renanthera only bloom once a year. I had a hybrid seedling called Azima, but I lost it.
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Species often bloom only once a year, hybrids are more generous. I have a mature Ren Kalsom 'RD', which is about 7 ft tall now (and due to be cut down). It typically blooms 3 times a year.
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01-14-2014, 01:43 PM
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This one is so gorgeous, I hope mine is gonna bloom this year, after doing absolutely NOTHING last year since I got it, it started to send new thick roots all over the place in November:-)
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01-14-2014, 04:01 PM
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I haven't yet tried going with seedlings. I'm too impatient. If it's not flowering size, I tend not to get it.
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I can also be very patient to grow from seedlings but for some orchids I tend to kill them while young so it is to my advantage to acquire large mature specimens if I can. Renantheras have to be at least 5 to 6 years old to begin flowering....it is very hard to grow leaves and roots so if you have a tall plant with thick pencil roots it is quite magnificent when it blooms.
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Originally Posted by Vanda lover
I prefer blooming size plants too, but can't always afford them. There are some plants that I wouldn't be able to buy locally, so I settle for seedlings off Ebay. There are some really unusual hybrids. I got a rhynchorides and a Aeridovanda that way.
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Blooming sized mature specimens can be really expensive....but I am lucky to chance upon some orchids for a song and that is when I just gotta have it.
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Species often bloom only once a year, hybrids are more generous. I have a mature Ren Kalsom 'RD', which is about 7 ft tall now (and due to be cut down). It typically blooms 3 times a year.
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WOW! seven feet is a marvel....you must not cut it.....it is a rarity....it must be magnificent when it blooms.
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This one is so gorgeous, I hope mine is gonna bloom this year, after doing absolutely NOTHING last year since I got it, it started to send new thick roots all over the place in November:-)
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Thank You, Tommy !
You have a Renathera Akihito Emperor that is a collectible very nice hybrid of cascading 24 flowers in a spike of scarlet red butterfly shaped that grows thick pencil roots and can start flowering if they reach a foot and a half tall....I hope it blooms for you this summer.
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01-14-2014, 05:10 PM
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The way you described your Renanthera Akihito Emperor has got me wanting one! That sounds gorgeous! I think I will need a compact one though. Our little house is pretty full.
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01-14-2014, 05:22 PM
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Fantastic, Bud, but way, way bigger than anything I have room for.
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01-14-2014, 06:06 PM
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Renanthera Kalsom 'Red Dragon
Hi Bud: Beautiful Renanthera, I have one bought from Kawamoto also. It still is fairly small, maybe 12" or so but looks good so far.
What I want to know is what is that absolutely beautiful Platycerium behind the orchid.
Thanks
Beverly A.
Woops! Wrote to wrong "Bud". Should be Chatbud.
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