Strange behaving Phragmipedium dalessandroi

Hi

Can anyone tell me what is going on....

I imported 4 plants labeled Phragmipedium dalessandroi.

One of them turns out to become apron. 2 times the size of the others.
It puts up a stem now that is really ...REALLY big.

It is now a bit further, so I can see that in the first floral bract, a flower or a branch is forming.

....and what is even more puzzling is that a second stem - normal size - is emerging from the same point as the big one....???

More pictures will come when it becomes visible enough to photograph it.

.....anyone seen or heart of something like that before ?





Here is a picture of one of the normal ones




Looks like dalessandroi or natural hybrid ?


Lars

Wow! It certainly will be interesting to see what happens next. One thing sure, you got one strong dalessandroi.

Could it have become a polyploid (4N) somehow?

The top fotos are Pk! oke:
No, I really have no idea. Nice looking blooms though, thanks for posting and good luck.

Ok, I Foundation another thread on multispiking:

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21086

But I dont use hor ones or heavy fertilizing...
I guess that sometimes it just happens..


Lars

Just wait for the flower,is very interesting,if it is a dalessandroii...

I think babies got switched in the nursery, time for a blood sample!

cnycharles said:

I think babies got switched in the nursery, time for a blood sample!

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Take the plant on the Maury Povich show. He can do a scandalous "Which of these three orchids is my baby's daddy?" special.

Disclaimer* This is only funny if you are familiar with daytime, U.S. television programs. And even then, it's not that funny.

John, wouldn't life be wonderful if Maury Povich actually did shows on orchids??!!

Here is a couple of more photos.













On the last one you can see - apart from the 2 new growths - the extra small spike comming up from basis.

Maybe it will turn out as the ones at the famous picture of the group from Jersey displayed as besseae ? (see here http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=34367 )

More will come when it is more developed


Lars

Certainly an exciting plant and an exciting time for you. I'm already very jealous.

The additional stem can be in reality a branching that has start growing down in the low part of the stem

Shiva said:

Certainly an exciting plant and an exciting time for you. I'm already very jealous.

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My thoughts, exactly!

Well it is developing...

looks like 5 flowers at one time.

And the more I study it I think it is a normal Phrag. dalessandroi, true to the type specimen described by Olaf Gruß.

Also, like Kyle points out, the leaves are very very wide and long.
Overall this is going to become a very big plant in the coming years.



Here it is in the windowsill .... in cat safe hight with more Phrags and Paphs.

:wink:
Lars

This thing is enormous compared to my unflowered ''flowering size'' dalessandroi. How big was it when you bought it? :smitten:

There is no such thing as cat safe!

Wrong thread Eric. But I really was thinking of the safety of the cat...!:evil:

What a beautiful plant!!!

Lars Pedersen said:

Here it is in the windowsill .... in cat safe hight :wink:
Lars

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Shiva said:

Wrong thread Eric. But I really was thinking of the safety of the cat...!:evil:

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No, correct thread, and if the cat knocked that over or otherwise damaged it I think the cat would be wondering about its own safety!! oke: