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Rhynchostylis gigantea var. alba 'Bushtail' × gigantea 'Alexis'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN5428
Name: Rhynchostylis gigantea var. alba 'Bushtail' × gigantea 'Alexis'
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Dr. Patricia Melrose
 
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Pod Parent Flowers
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Pod Parent Blooming Plant
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Pollen Parent Flowers
 
 
Culture Notes from Donor: Pod parent plant: Temperature range W (70-90°F)
 
Comments: Pod parent plant: Large plant. This is a very reliable bloomer and has a particularly alluring fragrance for this species. It blooms consistently, producing well formed waxy flowers that are nicely spaced on the bushy inflorescences. It is also extremely vigorous and easy to grow.

Pollen parent plant: Orange flowers.
 

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Summer, Autumn: days average 91°F, nights 77°F; best fit is Warm 90-70°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Spring: days average 94°F, nights 77°F; best fit is Warm 90-70°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 90°F, nights 71°F; best fit is Warm 90-70°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of alba   From Latin "albus" white. (Source: Brown 1956)
Etymology of gigantea   From latinized Greek "giganteus" gigantic. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of Rhynchostylis   From Greek "rhynchos" beak; "stylos" column. (Sources: Pridgeon 1992, Brown 1956)
Pronunciation of alba   AL-ba (Source: Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of gigantea   jy-GAN-tee-ah (Source: Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of Rhynchostylis   rink-oh-STY-lis (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
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Flask Information
Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should: Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
You can place a "Notify Flask Recipients" Request, and either we or a flask recipient may contact you when plants are available.

You may also place a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.

You may reserve a flask, but it's very unlikely you'll get one ...this could only happen if we found a flask that we didn't know we had.
Yield Estimate: 180 plants (based on flask surveys done 07/18/2007 )
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 15 - 60 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 01/02/2008 through 01/22/2008)
From one most recently surveyed flask 30 - 55 mm (01/22/2008)
You might also want to: View the seed assay for this item.
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