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02-05-2008, 11:37 AM
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| life expectancy Barring disease, what would the expected life span be for the various orchids available today? I was reading through different posts earlier and I thought I saw someone mention their one orchid is 30 yrs old.      |
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02-05-2008, 12:00 PM
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| I don't have an answer for this, but I was at an orchid shop up near Boulder CO and they had a HUGE Brassavola. I asked about the age of the plant... 38 years old. |
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02-05-2008, 12:29 PM
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| Here is a Paph.villosum that I imported from India as a flowering size plant about 26 years ago. I also have various other species imported at about that time. Certainly Kew Gardens in London have many orchids that were collected during the early part of the 20th.Centuary. Bearing in mind that most orchids grow by vegetative expansion, I guess in theory they could all live for ever barring accidents or disease. Peter T. Last edited by kmarch; 02-05-2008 at 09:18 PM. Reason: species names not capitalized |
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02-05-2008, 12:34 PM
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| Now THAT is an awesome plant! I bet Kevin starts drooling when he sees your picture.  |
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02-05-2008, 01:11 PM
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| Oh My Vivienne! I looked at that orchid and thought to myself #1 - GORGEOUS! #2 - Kevin is going to drool all over his keyboard! Super growing PeterT!
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02-05-2008, 01:20 PM
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| PhalPhal - I'm pleased to see that even a month apart (me being away) we haven't lost that 'great minds think alike' thing. |
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02-05-2008, 02:10 PM
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WOW! Now theres an orchid that needs to be in the photo contest. |
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02-05-2008, 03:28 PM
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| i can't remember who it was, but there was an article about a particular type of catt in the AOS bulletin (and also in orchid digest) and the author said he had one of these plants that had bloomed reliably for something like 25 yrs. so, yes, particularly for plants growing on rhizomes, they could theoretically go on forever. something like a phal might be shorter-lived though. --chadwick, talking about mossiae, i believe.
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02-05-2008, 04:34 PM
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| Exasperatus, I asked this same question last year and the really knowledgeable folk here agreed that there really is no life span for most orchids - they can live for 100 years or longer. Of course, after a long period of time it is no longer its original self because it has replaced leaves, roots, pbulbs, etc. Its the same plant but with new parts, if you will. Sort of like a '32 dual cowl phaeton. ____________________ E-Jag |
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02-05-2008, 06:00 PM
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02-05-2008, 06:01 PM
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| LOL - oh I did miss you Kevin while I was away! I knew you'd drool... and then try to claim otherwise. |
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02-05-2008, 06:09 PM
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| Hahaha I also saw Peter T's Paph and thought that Kevin would drool. Geeze, you sure are known for your love of paphs Anyhow, back to the question at hand. I'm also under the impression that many orchids can live very long lives, provided they continue to put out new growths. I'm guessing there are exceptions, though. |
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02-05-2008, 08:28 PM
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02-05-2008, 08:59 PM
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| That is an amazing specimen Peter T.  (Kevin can you please pass the bib?, LOL)Truthfully has there ever been any extravagant specimens photographed in the wild? And could you determined the age based on the size? Say for example a Cattleya species that overtook a tree estimated to be over 300 years old? Is it possible?
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02-05-2008, 09:06 PM
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| On the topic of orchid longevity, last year my orchid club had a speaker on native Aussie Dendrobiums in the wild. He showed pics of rocky outcroppings blanketed with Dendrobium kingianum and speciosum. One of the colonies he estimated to be more thna 100 sq/ft, probably as much as 50 years old. On the topic of drooling....that previous post where it appeared that I admitted to drooling was actually posted, without authorization, by a low-level member of my campaign. That individual is no longer associated with my campaign. I apologize for any inconvenience or concern that may have arisen from the release of that misinformation. I wish to set the record straight and make it completely clear that I do not (as an adult at least) drool in any sense of the word. I assure my loyal non-drooling electoral base that I support traditional non-drooling causes and that I look forward to continued service to these ongoing, non-drooling values. Man....I've been watching WAYYYYYYY too much Super Tuesday coverage......
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02-05-2008, 09:45 PM
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| LOL - Are you missing the Motherland Kevin?? You're great! |
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02-05-2008, 10:05 PM
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02-06-2008, 12:29 AM
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| Kevin that was so great, we were listening to a certain well known radio personage last night and you sound just like him.Also beautiful paph,Im certain orchid can love a long time even tho so far none of mine have! |
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02-06-2008, 12:41 AM
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| Oh that was too funny. Had me out of my seat laughing 
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02-06-2008, 02:41 PM
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| You really must create a password that Oscar cannot de-code. No telling what he is putting out there in the world on your behalf. No shame in drooling over an orchid like that.
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