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Old 08-02-2010, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by tangers40 View Post
ETA: will some paphs and phrags do this? i'm thinking of mayres's "twins" paph he showed at his office with the 3rd bud developing. is that the same kind of situation as a phal pushing out more buds at the end of its spike?
No, it's quite different. With the paphs, each inflorescence is coming from a different growth. Paphs are sympodials like a cattleya whereas a phal is a monomodial. Those particular paphs will not reflower off an inflorescence.
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