Gladiolus Acidenthera (Peacock Orchid)
#1
Posted 10 February 2005 - 12:09 PM
I got bulbs from my friend in Brazil....I never thought they'd bloom here but what a surprise!....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v346/borneobabe/Plants%20Pt%202/Plants%203/DSCN2290.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v346/borneobabe/Plants%20Pt%202/Plants%203/DSCN2291.jpg
Very nice fragrant and flowers last for 3 days. Here's a write up on the plant.....
http://www.americanmeadows.com/bulb_detail....cfm?itemid=739
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v346/borneobabe/Plants%20Pt%202/Plants%203/DSCN2290.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v346/borneobabe/Plants%20Pt%202/Plants%203/DSCN2291.jpg
Very nice fragrant and flowers last for 3 days. Here's a write up on the plant.....
http://www.americanmeadows.com/bulb_detail....cfm?itemid=739
#8
Posted 17 April 2005 - 10:14 AM
violet_gal said:
where can i find this in Singapore?
Hi there,
I havent never seen mature plants being sold. But do try your luck you Far East Flora Thomson.
Sometimes they do import some bulbs from overseas. U can grow these plants via the bulbs, but they do need a good amount of light to grow well and flower.
#9
Posted 17 April 2005 - 06:54 PM
Far East Flora Thomson does sell the bulbs. They have several colours in baskets...you just have to choose properly as some of them maybe too dried out. I grew some long time ago (early 90's) and they did flower but you have to grow them in semi-shaded positions. :grin:
Cheers
Sean
Cheers
Sean
#12
Posted 21 April 2005 - 10:44 PM
Hmm... What I meant is that in so-called semishade indoors can be very much darker than the semishade outdoors, depending on which direction the window is facing.
Yup, humidity is another critical factor. This plant is too tall to fit into a tank and conventional methods of increasing humidity may not be good enuff...
Yup, humidity is another critical factor. This plant is too tall to fit into a tank and conventional methods of increasing humidity may not be good enuff...
#13
Posted 03 May 2005 - 02:21 PM
just when i thought i'd lost my gladioli forever, i saw a plant today (about a foot tall) in the canna bed. rejoice, rejoice!! the last time i saw any in the garden was about 3 or 4 years ago, so the sight of the plant was most unexpected. anyone growing glads out there?
#15
Posted 04 May 2005 - 10:39 PM
Yup...I grew them in the early 1990s in semi-shaded position outdoors. I had several varieties which I brought back from Amsterdam. They flowered beautifully and produced more bulbs which flowered when planted sperately. They however started to decline in the number of blooms produced and eventually stopped flowering altogether. I glad yours are flowering beautifully and maybe you can post a picture... :grin:
Cheers
Sean
Cheers
Sean