Angraecum Sesquipedale summer spiking!!!! - Orchid Board

Cattleya17 · #1 07-01-2012, 08:08 PM

Hello all my sesquipedale is spiking in July!! I noticed it this morning and was flabbergasted!! Is this normal? I thought it was a winter bloomer, it bloomed this past winter for the first time.

I am not complaining though I love the flower I was just wonder ing if I should let the spike develop or snip it because it is out of season. I am not looking forward to the smell though...... It's not my favorite. I hope This next blooming will help me figure out for sure if I like the fragrance.

Paul Mc · #2 07-01-2012, 08:22 PM

It's fragrant?!!!! What did it smell like to you last time? I have one that was in spike when purchased in March, but it blasted. I don't know when they actually spike though am interested to find out. I understand they take forever and then some to actually bloom once the spike starts though, lol....

Cattleya17 · #3 07-01-2012, 08:25 PM

Pleasing at first then like bleach or some kind of cleaning chemical

Paul Mc · #4 07-01-2012, 08:26 PM

Ouch!!! I'm sure the moths like it though! LOL... So is the fragrance really strong or do you really have to be in it to smell it?

Cattleya17 · #5 07-01-2012, 08:48 PM

It was noticeable in the room not completely scenting the room like b. little stars which I love!!!!!! Up close it was very strong!!!! A lot of people love the smell but it's not my favorite. it's worth having though just for the spectaularity (made up word) of the flower!

Paul Mc · #6 07-01-2012, 08:52 PM

LOL... Love made up words like that!!! Added to my fictionary! Well, congrats on the spike!

Leafmite · #7 07-01-2012, 10:14 PM

I've read that they can bloom twice a year. Congratulations! I have a baby... It will be many years until it is mature enough to bloom. I now buy blooming-sized plants. I love scented orchids/plants. Brassavola is really, really wonderful. I have 'Little Stars'. Right now, it is a non-orchid scenting the air: jasmine (Jasminum nitidum). Good luck on those blooms! Hope the scent is better this time!

Cattleya17 · #8 07-01-2012, 10:42 PM

I love the scent of jasmine!!!!!! I hope it smells better this time as well! It's such a spectacular flower and a wonderful and interesting subject to photograph! If it still, IMO, stinks I am thinking about selling it. It's a nice plant in a 6 or 7 inch pot so I really hope it smells better.

Bud · #9 07-02-2012, 01:20 AM

My plant blossomed last winter and it was fragrant like pinesol in the day and Irish Spring soap at night....so it is due o flower again? I inherited my plant matured ....it was the first time it gave me flowers but it had flowered before for the former grower

Cattleya17 · #10 07-02-2012, 08:14 AM

So that means the smell will be the same........... Well I hope I like it this time. If I don't he's going to the highest bidder. So this is not unusual that it blooming again!?