Several weeks ago, I noticed that one of my malipoense plants was going into spike. I thought, "it is a little out of season," but it just may be acting funny. Now I have a total of 4 mals in spike.
All of my other species and hybrid paphs are blooming on schedule. Only one plant, Amreni White, giving me a below average number of flowers. I haven't changed the watering, fertilizing, lighting, or air movement in over a year. And, these same mals bloomed on or about when I anticipated they should for their first bloomings.
The only thing I can think of that is significantly different is the amount of sunny days and dry weather. My greenhouse is usually easily in the good zone for humidity. However, due to the dry weather, it has been a little harder to maintain humidity where I want it. It hasn't been a big problem, but I have had to be more mindful of checking.
Generally, I've found malipoense to be generally a March bloomer, at least here in NH. Any ideas what might be causing this behavior? Anyone else having plants blooming oddly this year
All of my other species and hybrid paphs are blooming on schedule. Only one plant, Amreni White, giving me a below average number of flowers. I haven't changed the watering, fertilizing, lighting, or air movement in over a year. And, these same mals bloomed on or about when I anticipated they should for their first bloomings.
The only thing I can think of that is significantly different is the amount of sunny days and dry weather. My greenhouse is usually easily in the good zone for humidity. However, due to the dry weather, it has been a little harder to maintain humidity where I want it. It hasn't been a big problem, but I have had to be more mindful of checking.
Generally, I've found malipoense to be generally a March bloomer, at least here in NH. Any ideas what might be causing this behavior? Anyone else having plants blooming oddly this year