Bud watching

[troy]

Armeni white x roth

Cattylea bicolor

Bulbophyllum lobbii x longiflorum

Prarceii x ?

Bulbophyllum putidum

 

[NYEric]

What is all that white stuff on the Paph in the bottom photo?

 

[troy]

Sand

 

[Happypaphy7]

Good that your Roth x AW is a good bloomer.
Isn't this going to be a third time?

And what light, how many bulbs and distance to the plants again??
I like the leaf color.

I've finally decided to take out one bulb out of each of my light shelve.
Will see.

 

[troy]

If you would like I can take a picture of my grow area for you

 

[troy]

 

[Happypaphy7]

Thank you!

So, it looks like you have two bulbs per shelve?
T8 or T5?

T8 are a lot brighter than I thought.
I started out with 4 bulbs per shelve, then most plants hated it, and I reduced down the time from 13 to 9 now. gradually.
I even took one bulb out of each shelve last week.
One particular shelve, I took two bulbs out to just see what happens.

I don't get it because numbers don't add up.
The whole foot candle and lumens recommended for different orchids, they seem way off because each of my bulb says it gives 2,500 lumen. times four, and it is 10,000. That is the lowest end of what's recommended for "low light" orchids from what I read years ago. It is not, because paphs and phals are all hating it. They take nearly direct sun through the window with sheer curtain much better. To my eyes, the sun light through my window seems much much much stronger. so this gets me confused and rather frustrated.

Oh, well...

So, how long has everything in these photos been under this same set up?
They all look great, color looks great, and roth hybrid is spiking!

 

[troy]

I use 4 foot t-8s, 13 hours on 11 hours off 2 bulbs only per shelf, I've been growing in this spot now for 4 months, I stopped going by footcandle / lumen numbers a long time ago what a headache!! I just move plants around till they are happy and take note, thanks for the compliment!!! My girlfriend says I'm obsessed, at least I can admit it lol...

 

[Happypaphy7]

Thanks, great to know!

Even with two bulbs per shelve with that distance, I see no limpy plants.

Looking forward to seeing roth x AW in bloom, again, soon!

 

[NYEric]

Me too! What happened?

 

[troy]

It's pushing up....slowly but swelling nicely.... I'll post again with good progress

 

[troy]

Update on armeni white x roth, moving along...

A new one is going to bloom bellatulum

Update on cattylea bicolor

 

[phraggy]

You're plants look very good Troy I hope the buds develop into good blooms.

Ed

 

[troy]

Thanks ed, my fingers are crossed

 

[troy]

New update

 

[troy]

 

[NYEric]

Looking good, keep us posted.

 

[troy]

Update, armeni white x roth might not turn out right

My first dendrobium blooming normanbyense x convolutem

my first time blooming a bellatulum

 

[abax]

Why do you think the a.white x roth might not turn out
right? All your plants look well grown to me. Congrats
on the bell. I've never been able to get one to full bloom.

 

[troy]