Will this dream come true?

[Ayreon]

Ever since I started growing orchids I have had this dream to one day have a roth in bloom. I have flowered several multifloras by now, but my oldest roth has been standing there laughing at me. Growing, growing, but no flowers... I have tried it in different condition, but no luck.

So early this spring I took it outside and gave it colder conditions than I have ever tried before... that was obviously the magic trick :rollhappy:

I even have a bottle of red wine (an old one from 1973 that will probably taste like ****) that I have written "Do not open until roth" on. It looks like I will finally be able taste if it's good or not.

Now I can just pray that it is really a roth like the tag says.

...to be continued.

 

[nikv]

How wonderful, whatever it may turn out to be!

 

[Paphman910]

Nice! Hope the bloom nice! What cross is it?

Paphman910

 

[eggshells]

Wow.. Crack the wine open. Cheers!

 

[Ayreon]

Nice! Hope the bloom nice! What cross is it?

Paphman910

I have no idea...

 

[newbud]

I don't get it. Pardon my naivety but what are the stripe things in there between the leaves. Never seen anything like this before. Thanks

 

[Paphman910]

I don't get it. Pardon my naivety but what are the stripe things in there between the leaves. Never seen anything like this before. Thanks

flower spike and the flower shealth (striped)

Paphman910

 

[Bob in Albany N.Y.]

Newbud, Those are the buds forming.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Great story! Congrats! :clap:

 

[Mrs. Paph]

Looks GREAT so far!!!

 

[Carper]

Certainly looks like a roth. Hope it is after your wait and look forward to seeing the plant in full bloom, along with those multi spikes. Fingers crossed for you, great result.

Gary
UK:clap:

 

[Shiva]

Looks good! You're a lot closer to that dream now. Good luck.

 

[John M]

Sometimes a good joke is lost in translation. Guys, I think newbud was joking because he's also never bloomed a roth either.

Ayreon, that plant looks great! I do hope it's labelled correctly and it turns out to be a really nice quality flower. So many spikes.....it's gonna be wondeful!

 

[Justin]

congrats! great to see all those spikes!

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Happy dreams!

 

[tenman]

How cold?

 

[abax]

I just can't wait for the climax of this dream! The prospect looks very good for a spectacular blooming. I hope the wine is as good as the flowers. Wish I was in Sweden to help you celebrate.

 

[Roth]

The stripes in the old growth are structures we usually see only on wild plants, in the wild roth, stonei and kolopakingii can make up to 20 bracts in the crown, short and striped, before eventually making a flower spike. I posed a kolopakingii like that a couple years ago. They do it in culture afterwards, but I have never seen any seed grown plant of those species ever doing that kind of structure anymore, well I saw it just one time only out of thousands of plants at many places.


I think the flower quality will be good anyway on that roth..

 

[JeanLux]

:drool: not bad for a first roth spiking !!!!! I am still dreaming !! Jean

 

[NYEric]

Wow! Looking very good. Please keep us posted. BTW, if you had the bottle on its side it may be fine.