Producing show phals in Asia.....

[tucker85]

I thought this was an interesting piece of information. Robert Fuchs gave our orchid society a presentation this month. He just returned from an international orchid show in Malaysia. He told us that when growers in Asia want to produce huge flower spikes on phals, for shows, they keep the plants warm, day and night, for two or more years. This inhibits blooming and apparently builds up flowering potential. The plants don't bloom for a couple years. Then they drop the temperature to induce spiking and they get huge spikes with many more flowers than normal. He didn't give us any of the actual temperatures he was talking about.