Floriferiousness of Dend 'Silver King'
Well, after an almost three year wait, my tiny freebie from Marble Branch Farms has two spikes showing individual florets.
It's been a LONG LONG time since my D. phalaenopsis days, which Silver King has as well as Latouria genes (which are kinda new to me). I have counted on both 'Silver King' and a mini bigibbum that I have three or four flowers only per stalk. I was kinda expecting more, am I being unrealistic or is this because it's the first set of flowers and there will be more per stalk later ?
I googled Silver King and counted, and the most I see is 4 in the photos...so maybe that's what it is?
And as long as I broach the question, I notice that the description seems to imply that Silver King will reflower on mature stalks? Really ? Because it looks like the flowers are terminal and I wouldn't expect reflowering in subsequent bloom periods.
Set me straight someone(s).
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