Please Jane, can you tell me more about this plant?

meyermike_1micha

11 years ago

Jane, I wasn't sure if you would see this on the other thread so i wanted to put it here.

First of all, we think that your plant should have it's own space here since it is a 'masterpiece'.

I have a few questions about it and so you know which one, I have reposted it to make it easy.

Although I know it is an 'Angraceum', there are different varieties of them.

Was it blooming size when you first bought it, or did you have to wait a time before it did?

I think it's lovely, and actually, not only do I want to one, but so does my sister.

Do you have a source I could go to, to purchase one?

Thanks a million for all the good info on orchids you dispense here and for the lovely pics.

Mike

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ashes_of_the_fire
11 years ago
i believe Jane said that it's sesquipedale. (i could be wrong)
if you're interested, clouds has blooming sized, mounted orchids of a few different angraecum varieties for like 20$ Canadian, and they export to the U.S with no additional cost and only a $50 minimum order.

www.cloudsorchids.com
westoh Z6
11 years ago
Mike,

I have one about the size of Jane's that is the non-blooming variety :-), be happy to send it your way.

Mine's about 18" tall and about that wide, with a second growth started. Bought from Oak Hill Gardens as a small (2.5" pot) seedling 3 years ago. I thought it would bloom this season, but it must not like my conditions too well. Had it outside on an east patio most of the summer, might have to look for a spot with more light if I still have it this summer.

It is a space hog!!!

Bob
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meyermike_1micha
Original Author
11 years ago
Bob That is so kindly of you. Very:-)(mikerno_1@yahoo.com)

I would have plenty of room in my greenhouse. Please e-mail me and I will worksomething out with you on this.
Thank you so very much.

Thank you Ashes of fire:-) I really appreciate your help. Jane certainly knows her orchids.

Mike
jane__ny
11 years ago
Thanks for the compliment. I really don't know alot about orchids, I just love them and keep working at it. They are really an addiction.

The plant is angraecum sesquipedale. It was given as a gift from a dear friend, about 6 years ago. Took two years to bloom (don't give up Bob). It was in a 4" pot and came from Oak Hill.

It is so much bigger now, than the photo and full of buds. It is huge and takes a lot of room. I'm thrilled to be in Florida where it can go outside. BTW, it has a beautiful fragrance at night.

Regarding your post on humidity. This plant has grown and flowered each year in my dry living room. It is easy to grow if you give it enough light. Put it out in the summer.

Jane
meyermike_1micha
Original Author
11 years ago
Well then, you have a 'natural' ability ot understand their needs and they seem to respond to you very well:-)

You have had that plant that long?
You know, when I buy a plant before hand and they say 2 years before bloom, it seems like a long time to wait. But, looking back one would probably wonder where that time went and how fast it can fly by!

Thanks for the name.
It sounds like a plant not to hard to please, right up my alley for now.
I hope to own one real soon.
I was going to ask you if you missed your other home in which I can remember being very nice. But, you seem excited about being in Florida too. I would be for sure..
The ceilings are high outdoors there year round, and the hunidity in abundance.
I'll bet you couldn't wait to see how your plants react and to try plants you once dreamed of.

Mike

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