Large Phals lots of spikes!

[gonewild]

Here are a few of our Phalaenopsis plants that I've been experimenting with.
Most have about 30" LS.
I'm pretty happy with the results so far.

 

[Migrant13]

Wow those are some seriously well grown mutants! So are you going to provide more details on the "experiment"?

 

[Tom-DE]

That is impressive! What kind of fertilizer are you feeding them with? Did you do anything differently this time?

 

[Denver]

Wow those are some seriously well grown mutants! So are you going to provide more details on the "experiment"?

He has to make sure the flowers don't come out glowing in the dark before he shares his "experiment."

 

[PaphLover]

Wow! Waiting with bated breath for the show. That is truly incredible!

 

[abax]

Lance, you've been giving them steroids, haven't you???
Such illegality...doping up Phals...tsk tsk. The plants look
magnificent and it'll be a great show when they bloom.
They do bloom, don't they????? ;>)

 

[NYEric]

Nice. What crosses are they?

 

[Lanmark]

Gasp! :drool:

 

[Justin]

Nice...what is your secret?

 

[Wendy]

Wow! Incredible. I'm waiting to hear the secret you're using and can't wait to see the flower display on these. :clap:

 

[Brabantia]

I am impatient to know how one could arrive at such a result and especially to see flowerings which will result from your experiment.

 

[Carkin]

Woweeeee!!! That's incredible.


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[monocotman]

Wow! Cannot wait for the show,
David

 

[valenzino]

nice experiment!how much time have been growing without stimulate flowering?

 

[gonewild]

Sorry all for not replying faster, having a busy day. i'll respond asap. in the meantime have fun guessing!!! :rollhappy:

 

[Sharky]

My guess is keeping temps above 82 F to keeping them vegetative (ie suppressing spike initiation), having them grow to monstrous proportions before chilling them (below 77 F in day and below 70 at night) and raising light levels at the same time.
But what's the special sauce?

Congrats, these are stunning specimen plants!

 

[Linus_Cello]

My guess is keeping temps above 82 F to keeping them vegetative (ie suppressing spike initiation), having them grow to monstrous proportions before chilling them (below 77 F in day and below 70 at night) and raising light levels at the same time.
But what's the special sauce?

Congrats, these are stunning specimen plants!

I think they do this for the giant phals in taiwan. I think another thing they do is up the CO2.

 

[Marco]

Wow...Well done. Those are a lot of spikes.

 

[paphioboy]

Very interesting... My guess is the same as sharky's... But usually in phals, spikes from the lower leaf axils tend to be larger than phals from higher up nodes, but I see the opposite happening in your plants. Hormonal treatment? Auxin or cytokinins maybe?

 

[Justin]

oke: It has got to be low k and orchiata