Renanthera Kalsom 'Red Dragon'

[Bud]

Originally Posted by shams

.... I think I need this plant......

Kawamoto orchids still sell seedlings of these plants online via Ebay ending in 10 days for $20 with $12 shipping; you may also do a 'buy it now' or haggle for a couple of dollars lower.

[Bud]

It is advisable to buy well established plants or near blooming orchids....seedlings have a high mortality rate and it is really hit or miss.

[Vanda lover]

You are certainly right about that. I have lost a few myself. Unfortunately there is very little available to us and what there is is very expensive. I'm hoping that the
seedlings do well. They arrived very healthy, but I have no idea how many years it will be. If I buy a Ren. it will have to be and adult plant.

[shams]

I haven't yet tried going with seedlings. I'm too impatient. If it's not flowering size, I tend not to get it.

[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by shams

I haven't yet tried going with seedlings. I'm too impatient. If it's not flowering size, I tend not to get it.

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.

[Bud]

Originally Posted by shams

I haven't yet tried going with seedlings. I'm too impatient. If it's not flowering size, I tend not to get it.

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.

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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Originally Posted by Fairorchids

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.

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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Originally Posted by TOMMYMIAMI

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:-)

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.

[Chara]

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.

[Bud]

Originally Posted by Chara

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.

Thank You for the visit, Chara!

[TOMMYMIAMI]

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:-)

[Vanda lover]

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.