Orchid won't bloom
debsmess
14 years ago
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Paph blooms won't open.......
Comments (5)OK, thx guys. I also have lowii & pinnochio blooming and those two seemed to have opened much faster than these two. My St. Swithin is being very sloooooow too. It's not my OS showing Thursday, this is a talk I'm leading on growing orchids with a Master Gardeners group. The lowii and pinnochio are on their downside of blooming so I was hoping for these two to open up for me. The Black Jack cross might still make it. Paphs are my newest love and you know how we like to be enablers.......;)...See MoreOrchid won't stop blooming!
Comments (7)From my experience with a Phal that was in constant bloom for over 2 years, I'd cut the stems off. It was a very strong growing French hybrid. to begin with it was a very pleasing plant with large red spotted white blossoms. After over 2 years it looked very scraggly with the blossoms on long zig-zag stems. But, worst of all, it seemed to collapse from exhaustion. The plant itself [leaves] looked terrible. It threw off a keiki and then died. The keiki did fine. I never let it bloom for that long of a time period. I had several other Phals that did not have any problems while being grown right along side that one. Cutting the stems off will not harm the plant. It will bloom again the following year. This post was edited by solo_voyager on Sun, Dec 1, 13 at 13:05...See MoreA few roses won't bloom, won't get any larger
Comments (21)While looking into midge chemical cures, I found disturbing information on merit and bees... sigh. I found this info in the American rose Annual from 1918 on the treatment of midge at the time by Mr. Koch in Humboldt Park gardens in Chicago. I don't know where I'd get a load of tobacco stems, (ha), but I thought this organic treatment was interesting. "He found many of the plants affected with mildew and stem- blight, and, in 1911, rose midge had been introduced with new plants in the three principal parks. Hybrid Perpetuals and Gruss an Teplitz were found particularly susceptible to attacks of the midge. After considerable experimental work, Mr. Koch adopted mulching four inches deep with tobacco stems. It is applied after the first summer hoeing, about mid-June, and spaded under after frost in autumn. Where the mulch becomes thinned or shifted in the course of the summer, additional appUcations are made. This, he found, prevents hibernation of the pest. Last summer but few larvae and few injuries were found. For the greater security of other varieties, it was found necessary to remove Gruss an Teplitz from Douglas Park entirely in 1915." Any thoughts, my knowledgeable friends?...See MorePink Lady's Slippers Won't Bloom
Comments (6)I also have lady slippers on my property, and the critters get them from time to time. Sometimes they just disappear, only to return a few years later, so I guess the "rest" thing is accurate. Also, when I find them on other properties around here, they are mainly in pine needle duff in fairly dry areas of very acidic soils. I still have the acid soils, but many pine trees are dying out and have been replaced with hardwoods. Maybe that is a problem for you, too? As for light exposure, I have seen them in bright sunlight up in the mountains and in both light and deep shade in the Piedmont, so I don't think that is the cause. They are the most temperamental of the terrestrial orchids...just attended a presentation about US orchids, and the speaker said they are the most difficult to keep going. Good luck....See Moredebsmess
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