Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:08:46 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Marshall <andrewm@eskimo.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4506$foo@default> Subject: Catopsis spiking
Hi folks,
My C. berteroniana is AT LAST sending up a flower spike. What do
these need to actually flower? I have had other members of the genus
Catopsis spike but I have not actually seen flowers. Whether this is
because they aren't or because I do not know what I am looking at I do not
know. I never really worried as they seem so happy to pup that I didn't
worry about replacing them. The C. berteroniana however is VERY important
to me and so I wish to do right by it. What advice can you give me
please?
I have it in a greenhouse, South facing with minimal shade.
(corrugated fiberglass and two layers of 6 mil. poly, none removable)
Light levels can be low as any one here just south of Seattle will attest.
No lights are available to augment this unfortunatly, though I can be
flexible if I know what I am supposed to do. Temps are 50-55' at night
and 80-90' by day. Humidity ranges from 90%+ to 40% roughly, mostly on
the higher end at this time of year. I do not feed it, though it does
catch flies by itself quite adequatly.
Does any one know if this plant will pup at all?
Thanks for all the help.
Andrew
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