Re: Blooming Size

Be careful branching to other genera until you're really comfortable growing
what you've got and can easily rebloom them.

Buying a wide variety of stuff you like the looks of, without knowing enough
about their needs is a typical beginners trap.  I know I fell for it!

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"Shell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Well I haven't gotten any Vandas yet, though there are several I wouldn't
> mind having.  I have been thinking of selling or trading two of the Dend
> Caesar Jacque orchids since I would rather have one of each type I like.
At
> least right now :) who knows I could also change my mind :)  I've been
doing
> a lot of looking on the web and have started a nice long wish list.
>
> Shell
>
>
> "Kenni Judd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Shell, Ray gave you very good info.  To add-on from a different climate:
> >
> > This could well be the case with tessellata or hybrids thereof, they
bloom
> > early and often.  And maybe some Ascocendas like Princess Mikasa [close
> > race, I think].   But not with most large-flowered standard vanda
hybrids
> > which have lots of sanderiana or coerulea in the ancestry.  [I am a
> Florida
> > grower, and like to think I'm good <G>].
> >
> > > One can reasonably safely estimate that a vanda will need to be much
> > larger
> > > and older than a phal to bloom, but I'd bet that a good grower in
> Florida
> > > can raise a vandaceous plant to grow faster than a phal in my window
> (they
> > > get very little light, so I have a greenhouse...), making it possible
> that
> > > the vanda could bloom first.  OK, maybe that's pushing the point a
bit,
> > but
> > > you see where I was going, especially considering that some places are
> > > getting phals or even paphs to bloom 18 months after flasking!
> >
> > I also sometime get seedlings from H&R.  In the case of most
> large-flowered
> > catts, it will take me a year or more to bloom them [even in Florida].
> > Certain types will go much faster, for us mostly the intergeneric
> mini-catts
> > involving Broughtonia, and some of the Dens.
> >
> > As far as judging the ability of grower/vendors to predict when a plant
is
> > blooming-size, you might find the OGRES rating site  of interest.  If
you
> > don't already have it bookmarked, you can find a link on our Home Page.
> >
> > Good growing,
> > --
> > Kenni Judd
> > Juno Beach Orchids
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://www.jborchids.com
> >
> > > As another example, I occasionally buy seedlings from H&R in Hawaii.
> For
> > > them, a plant in a 2" pot may very well be "NBS" and may bloom in a
> matter
> > > of months, while for me in Pennsylvania, it could be a year or more
out
> > for
> > > the same seedling.
> >
> >
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