Dear Dave
I've never grown Doryanthes, but someone posted a query in Feb 2008
about D. excelsa flowering in Melbourne and received a reply. Perhaps
you could look back at the old message and it might help?
Congrats on the flower!
Elaine
On Mar 4, 8:57 pm, dave <meade...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Please excuse my ignorance, but I'm new to this forum and I was hoping
> that someone may be able to help me with my Doryanthes palmeri. I have
> two plants the smaller one has developed a flower spike just prior to
> Christmas. The spike is now about two metres.
> Is this common for Melbourne? How long before the flower head blooms?
> What should I be feeding it? Does the flower need any protction?The
> plant is about 4 to 5 years old. - Dave