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very nice!!! good luck!
So far the mount is only about a foot long, and the plant hasn't started any basal keikies yet.
..I've had some roots in the 2-3ft range and going aerial, but never had keikies develop on them. I had read that these really long scout roots will make keikies. However, that was only if they are cut from the mother plant; but, allowed to otherwise remain untouched. Separating the root from the mother plant was supposed to be critical to the spontaneous development of any keikies. That's why I removed the mother plant from the bench....to cut the roots and let them remain and see if they'd keiki. I only got a couple keikies; but, it was a cool way to propagate the plant. I guess there's meristematic tissue in the roots which would normally just give rise to a branch in the root; but, when faced with becoming a long, green, healthy root with no plant attached, it will grow it's own new plant!
Pretty crazy.
I have a stuartiana that is getting close to blooming. 4 spikes, and one with several branches. It should be quite a show. I think that mount is about 2 ft tall by 1" wide (curved) and its almost covered in roots that are sticking out from the mount in all directions.
I showed it last year with ~ 50 flowers on it, and found out the the CCE's for this species are somewhere around 400 flowers! I bet those plants had ENORMOUS root masses!
Wow, I sure don't have the growing space for a plant to get that big...how do you think mine will fare in a pot?
I think this is my favourite Phal species. I have tried and tried to get this plant to self, with no luck.
I'm looking for pollen from another nice clone to put on this. Please PM me if you have a plant in bloom and can spare some pollen.
John, did you get pollen? Mine is in full bloom, and is in the Michigan Orchid Show this weekend. Last year it got a trophy for the best in class -- don't know what it's doing this year. I'll know tomorrow.
You ID'd it last year. The tag that came with the plant said it was a natural hybrid:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20547&highlight=Philippinensis
John, did you get pollen? Mine is in full bloom, and is in the Michigan Orchid Show this weekend. Last year it got a trophy for the best in class -- don't know what it's doing this year. I'll know tomorrow.
You ID'd it last year. The tag that came with the plant said it was a natural hybrid:
http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20547&highlight=Philippinensis
Thanks! It got a blue ribbon plus a trophy for Best of Class!... 'Hope your plant did well in the show! ...
Thanks! It got a blue ribbon plus a trophy for Best of Class!
It looks pretty much the same as the last time I posted, only with a few more flowers. I didn't take one this time -- it wasn't quite fully open when I sent the plant off, and at the end of the show, I gave away some flowers to Russ Vernon to use the pollen from.:clap::clap::clap:
Where's the pic Dot?
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