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06-10-2007, 11:20 AM
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| Coelogyne newbie Alrighty folks... under the heading 'Now what did I get myself into?' Won 2 Coelogyne in a raffle last night, both a very different. Of course, don't know a thing about them. I read that they are cool to warm growers. Great - that narrows it down. I was told that one needs to be hung. Googled it and with flower growth like that - yep it's going to need to be hung. Deep breath... ho boy. I swear I just posted somewhere that I wasn't going to get big plants anymore. DOH! The Coelogyne dayana (1st pic) is huge. For scale purposes, it's in a 6" pot, so will guesstimate it's 2.5 feet tall and 2.5 feet wide. It was recently divided and has 7 new growths. What type of light/water/temp does this one need? The Coelogyne mossiae is the one I need the most guidance with. This plant has 5 new growths but (left side of pic) a section of the pbulbs and roots is sort of just sitting on top of the media. It is very wobbly and seems to have just 1 root in the media. The tag has RP 4/05 which I'm thinking is the last repot. Should I repot? Divide the wobbly part to it's own pot? Light/water/temp.      |
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06-10-2007, 12:54 PM
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| Welcome to the Coelogyne orchids Vivienne Coel,s love to be pot bound even to the point of growing well over the pot. Coel mossiae is a highly scented orchid I dont have a Coel dayana so i found a link for you but I do know that this Coel does need to be hung as it has long pendant flower spikes. http://www.orchidenthusia.com/english/gallery_c.htm http://www.coelogyne.net/ http://www.orchidculture.com/COD/FREE/Coel_Art.html Coelogyne I hope this helps |
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06-10-2007, 10:23 PM
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| I thought you might like to see a few of my Coelogyne Vivienne just to give you an idea how they grow.    |
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06-10-2007, 10:36 PM
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| Thanks so much Fred! I'm looking forward to these new plants blooming!! Just have to find the right place to hang the Coe. dayana. Can it be on a high shelf or is hanging the better way to go? Love all your Coelogyne!!! On the last pic with the pbulbs hanging outside the pot... are those the old bulbs being pushed out by new growth, or is that the newer growth? Orchids are SO cool! |
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06-10-2007, 11:15 PM
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| You can place your ceol is on a shelf only when you get flower spikes could be the problem as they hang down. The Ceol that is hanging over the pot is a Falccida they grow the best allowed to grow over. I will take a few better pics for you as you are new to Celogyne,s so you can see how this plant grows. |
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06-11-2007, 12:34 AM
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| Vivienne, You're following in my footsteps (whether intentionally or not). Another of my favorite genera is Coelogyne. I have probably about 20 different species and a copule of hybrids. i'll do a bit of work and post something helpful for you. -K
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06-11-2007, 01:39 AM
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| Vivienne you've done it again. They are very beautiful. Congrats.
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06-11-2007, 07:00 AM
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| Quote:
 I know I'm happy to hear that I'm following some impressive footsteps. Why is it you're not in the States anymore? Thanks for all you do! Fred - Thanks for all the pictures! Looks like you have a big Coel collection as well. Is in an Aussie thing? |
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06-11-2007, 07:19 AM
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| Quote] Is in an Aussie thing? No I dont think so they are just very nice orchids most are nicely scented as well. I am always on the hunt as we know but one of the first orchids I look for when I go looking for orchids are Celogyne,s |
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06-28-2007, 02:18 PM
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| My Coelogyne have been doing some impressive growing. Thought I'd update some pics. When and where do the spikes/blooms come from? I did end up dividing the Coel. mossiae. Remember there was the one part that was really wobbily. When I repotted it it turned out to be a seperate root system... or it had already divided itself. Anyways, both divisions now have lots of new growths. The one pictured has 5 new growths... two are just starting to span out the leaves. (did that make sense?) The Coel. dayana has now been hung and is happily continuing it's new growths. They are each (7 in all) about 12" tall now. Last edited by Vivienne; 06-29-2007 at 08:46 AM. |
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06-29-2007, 09:22 AM
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06-29-2007, 09:53 AM
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| the flowers develop at the base of the pseudobulbs I found this link for you Vivienne http://www.orchidculture.com/COD/FREE/Coel_Art.html |
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06-29-2007, 09:54 AM
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| Vivienne, In re-reading this thread I see I made a promise that I've not yet followed through on. My apologies. What species of Coel do you have?
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