my Phal update, possible new spike?

[tedro]

Originally Posted by DrDawn

So excited to see it bloom! Great job!

thanks DrDawn!
i added a second, clearer, pic.

[WaterWitchin]

Yes, much easier to see without the jungle behind it! You've got some nice aerial roots going on there as well.

[tedro]

hi friends,
Normally my lamp for my phal is down by the leaves, but with the spike growing so tall I either have to move the lamp up higher reducing the amount of light received by the leaves and the rest of the plant or I can allow the spike to go past the light?

see pic

Thanks!

[DrDawn]

Hmm, my phals tend to grow towards the light (including the flower stalks) so I would probably just move the light up a bit? Otherwise you might end up with a weird bending stalk trying to stay under the light.

[tedro]

Thanks DrDawn.
I think I gotta find a second light.

Leaf coverage/light power decreases greatly the farther away. I wish they had this bulb in a more powerful version, that would perhaps solve it, for the leaves.

[WaterWitchin]

Isn't that a window it's sitting next to?

[DirtyCoconuts]

she's great- no problems with that light level at all...remember, this plants ancestry was in the BOTTOM of forests with almost NO direct light.

plant looks really healthy

[tedro]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Isn't that a window it's sitting next to?

Not exactly a window. Here’s a pic, excuse the DIRTiness. :/
But you see the shadow on (dirty) lanai floor, it never reaches inside.
So, it’s a dirty glass lanai door! that the roof of lanai keeps it shaded.
I run that light 12hrs a day (7-7).

[tedro]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

she's great- no problems with that light level at all...remember, this plants ancestry was in the BOTTOM of forests with almost NO direct light.

plant looks really healthy

Thanks DirtyCoconuts!

[DirtyCoconuts]

Glad to see you posting. I was thinking about you and a few other posters who had been absent. In COVID times ones mind goes to the worst

Glad you’re around and giving phalaenopsis lessons