Description
Southeast Asia, tropical Highlands/Lowland regions located between the Equator 0°N and 24°N. {16-20 Weeks}
Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. Located at the Indochinese peninsula, and bordered by – Myanmar (Burma) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southwest, and Thailand to the west and southwest.
It’s an equatorial long-flowering cannabis region like it’s neighbors and share certain similarities in respect to plant morphology with it’s own unique signature- jagged, saw-blade like serrations on the leaflets of certain plants observed as one of the more frequently expressed intra-population variations.
The climate stays very humid and warm throughout the year. Flat-lands and elevated parts are all covered in lush evergreen flora. Ganja Farmers have done a better job here compared to other Southeast Asian countries. As per one of the long time farmers – they try to eradicate as much wild cannabis as they can from in and around their domesticated fields to lower down the extent of wild-domesticated cross pollination, along with the males from domesticated population which is not a common occurrence in Southeast Asian cannabis regions. As a result, the flowers grow with fewer seeds and have a larger girth compared to Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese and Burma, which all flower for the same duration in a similar wet tropical climate.
Being located close to the equator (19.85 °N), cannabis varieties from flat to semi-highlands flower very long in a wet, humid environment. Typically most of the equatorial regions get relatively drier during the peak winter months- December and January. It’s also the time when equatorial cannabis flowers typically start to bulk up fast and get to finish around first week of February. However, in Laos, the humidity always keeps above 60% mark and an over all above 70% annual average. The plant must naturally combat the risk of flower rot as varieties from Vientiane province do seem to get a relative amount of relief from acute humidity in December, January and February, although plants still seem to have a higher resistance towards problems pertaining to warm-wet climates.
Classification – Long flowering/equatorial variety
Region & Country – Vientiane, Laos
Flowering Term – 18-20 Weeks
Aromas – floral, incense, slightly woody
Yields – medium yields of fluffy/airy flowers
Pest Resistance – Yes, moderate against soft body pests
Mold Resistance – Yes, excellent mold resistance
Phenology – The plant starts with medium broad leaflets with normal internodal spacing during the vegetative stage. The plant stretches around 4-5x from the point it goes into flower and ends up into a christmas tree like shape with multiple branches running parallel down the length of the stalk.
