Phrag still flowering.
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Orchid-fever
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Wow. 6 months is impressive! Beautiful 
mrhappyrotter
Grand Chupacabra
Honestly, if the plant is that healthy and happy to be able to support so many blooms for so long, then I doubt it's going to affect the new growths. Just keep doing whatever you're doing (and doing well) and I think you'll be happy with the results. If it were starved for nutrition or unable to support growth and blooming, but otherwise healthy, the buds would stop developing and/or drop before opening. The fact that it's not doing that tells me that it's a strong plant.
One of the wonderful things I like about phrags is that they bloom and grow pretty much simultaneously once they get some age on them, and because of that, it means many (but certainly not all) of them can bloom multiple times per year. This is especially true of hybrids.
One of the wonderful things I like about phrags is that they bloom and grow pretty much simultaneously once they get some age on them, and because of that, it means many (but certainly not all) of them can bloom multiple times per year. This is especially true of hybrids.
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Hera
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What is the cross? Its beautiful.
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Cheyenne
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Looks great, I don't think it will harm the plant. I have had some phrags in bloom for months and it doesn't seem like it slows them at all. Just the opposite, hen keep right on growing. Maybe could you show the plant? I would guess it is Nichole Tower.
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Clark
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I wish my 'chids looked this happy.
SlipperFan
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With the others, my question is, What is it?????
Yep, EYOF dalessandroi x longifolium. Yay besseae hybrids.
The Orchid Boy
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Wonderful blooms! Sounds like a nice, healthy plant.
phraggy
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Was bought 5 years ago as Eric Young from the EYOF. This forum has renamed the plant,as you say, Nichole Tower. Regarding nutrition I only use blood and bone and it gets a teaspoonful only twicw per year -- Nov/May.
Do you mean you would like a pic of the full plant??
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Rick
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Longifolium can be non-stop monsters. I have one that has been in continuous bloom for a couple years now. Spikes/new growths overlap as they come and go.
It's also been interesting that the less I feed (and I cut down on K about 2 years ago) the better the plant grows.
It's also been interesting that the less I feed (and I cut down on K about 2 years ago) the better the plant grows.
