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07-28-2014, 04:46 PM
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2014 Ghost Orchid blooming
Hello,
This is the second year my Ghost Orchid (Dendrophylax Lindenii) is in bloom. This year I hope to obtain 2-3 blooms.
Two currently are there.
Each Sunday I will take a pic to show the rate of growth of it.
I have shared some of my research with others and am happy to impart full details on how to grow this species with virtual 100% success, contact me directly if you wish details.
Aaron Saxton
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Charleston, West Virginia
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judith_arquette, GardenTheater, Lynn in Michigan, sweetjblue, Bud, sbrofio, brianwstephens, Gerben1998, taulmaril, NV Orchid Experiment, estación seca liked this post
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07-28-2014, 07:30 PM
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Congratulations, look forward to seeing those fantastic, mysterious flowers  |
07-28-2014, 07:43 PM
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Awesome!
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07-28-2014, 11:00 PM
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It is wonderful how you mastered this one! Looking forward to the photos and blooms!
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07-29-2014, 07:21 AM
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It looks like you are growing your plant with the growing tip facing the mount. Good! This is how they grow in the wild. Too often, I see the growing tips facing outward on cultivated plants, which will cause the new roots to grow upward from the mount.
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07-29-2014, 07:46 AM
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Love this species! Looking forward to your pics and blooms!
Judi
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07-29-2014, 09:32 AM
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Thanks PREM. I grew it above a void (suspended). Over the last 2.5 years roots have taken hold and the base is now permanently suspended in mid air.
This allows me to add matter behind the base to control moisture content or dry the plant out almost instantly, so I can control it's metabolism quickly.
Because it is cork I have used there is no holding much moisture so I must control it when humidity drops off.
Having the "back" facing out though was just luck and not intentional. As you can see the flower spikes twist around, but there is the added benefit they are protected for a few weeks while they develop before being exposed.
I still get aerial roots but 90 percent are creepers working along the cork. Last year I had it in a chamber under CO2 augmentation and this year I opted to grow it out of the chamber for various reasons so it is interesting to see how different the roots look after it came out of CO2 injection (as I gave it 1500PPM in the chamber, rather than regular 350 PPM).
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08-03-2014, 03:32 PM
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Weekly photo 3 August 2014
We see here the flower spikes growing; the root growth slowed down a little.
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08-03-2014, 03:34 PM
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I am very excited for you! This is a hard orchid to grow much less rebloom it.
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08-03-2014, 03:54 PM
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Absolutely amazing!
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