Ascf Cherry Blossom - 2 cvs

[rbedard]

Typical pink form. Made with large flowered Neof from Amani island.

Orange Cherry Blossom made with orange form of ampullaceum. Flowers with other Cherry Blossoms, not with Peaches, which flowers earlier for me. Got this from Frank Fordyce many years ago. Very fragrant.

 

[Erythrone]

Great ones!

 

[NYEric]

Wow! those are pretty splendiferous!

 

[SlipperFan]

Beautifully grown plants!

 

[abax]

Beautiful plants and I should imagine the fragrance is
amazing.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Holy Guacamole! Those are huge - hats off to your culture.

 

[Luca69]

I have several Ascf but your plants bloom better. May I ask you how much light you give them?

 

[rbedard]

I have several Ascf but your plants bloom better. May I ask you how much light you give them?

As much as possible. Right now are in greenhouse under 80% shade, but grow them without shade during winter. Develop better color with more light, but having some rodent problems where I normally grow them. Rodents like to wait until the Neof are about to flower (with high value of stored energy), and then eat them to the ground. LOL Really disappointing to come find crumbs where a $200/growth Neo was about to flower. They got my Chousensetsu this year and my biggest piece of Shutenno. Grrr.

Also helps to not give too much N right before flowering; they like to do vegetative growth instead of flowering if I give them too much nitrogen. I hold back on fertilizer until I see the spikes coming, then resume normal feeding.

 

[Luca69]

As much as possible. Right now are in greenhouse under 80% shade, but grow them without shade during winter. Develop better color with more light, but having some rodent problems where I normally grow them. Rodents like to wait until the Neof are about to flower (with high value of stored energy), and then eat them to the ground. LOL Really disappointing to come find crumbs where a $200/growth Neo was about to flower. They got my Chousensetsu this year and my biggest piece of Shutenno. Grrr.



Also helps to not give too much N right before flowering; they like to do vegetative growth instead of flowering if I give them too much nitrogen. I hold back on fertilizer until I see the spikes coming, then resume normal feeding.

Very interesting , so before flowering do you give less fertilizer or use a fertilizer with less N?
How many times they bloom during the year?

 

[rbedard]

Very interesting , so before flowering do you give less fertilizer or use a fertilizer with less N?
How many times they bloom during the year?

Depends on how lazy I am; think they do flower better if given "bloom food", but the main thing is not too much nitrogen, or you can watch the emerging infloresences morph into new growths. These flower late spring early summer for me, and while I sometimes get a second flush of flowers, they only flower "once" a year for me.