Orchids developments.

[thakshila smith]

Could Orchids grow or progress during night time? I think yes. In morning when I check the plants its rather grown up longer.
How come that .No lights in the nights.

[cb977]

That's an interesting observation

Now I'll be out there checking their overnight growth every morning

[Tesa]

Hi,

I think that may be because of its kind of metabolism, the so called Crassulaceaen Acid Metabolism (CAM), most orchids grow that way. Charging energy during the night... I have to read something about that topic. But it is not so far off!

Take some pictures if you can.

Bye

Tesa

[Anglo]

I've noticed also when watching the new growth of Cattleyas that the growth progresses during the night as well as during the day. So does bud development.

[smartie2000]

I agree with Tesa and there is growth day and night. Buds even open at night

[thakshila smith]

Another observation here about this plants.
I live in a residential area. Lot of people grow this orchid in their gardens here . There is a plant growing on a mango tree trunk heavily ...Now we get a rainy weather .every day rainings almost for a month now. temperature drop is caused .
Therefore all the Criments all the orchids formed buds.
There are a long stalks forming up and buds on them .In near future we will get thousands of flowers...

[thakshila smith]

again we get blooms recently . I got about 7 plants .
All gave blooms.

[TXorchidgirl]

I'm OBVIOUSLY not doing right by my Catts. No such growth witnessed . . . day or night