Phal- New spike/When?

[Malagasy]

If you post hte name of your plant, it would be much easier to say specifically. Many of the hybrids start spiking in the fall--they are busy growing roots and leaves now. You can help them along by having a 15-20 degree temp difference between day and night starting in September or October. I see you are in Canada, so I don't know when it starts to get really cold. Here, I just leave the windows open when the temps start falling to the mid to low 60s at night. The plants can handle colder, but it always makes me nervous that the weather man might be slightly off, so I set 60 as my personal bottom limit. Then on sunny fall days it can easily get above 80 in the greenhouse, so they spike like crazy.

If you have a summer blooming species--like bellina, violacea, leudemannia, etc etc or a hybrid heavily influeced by them, then the plant will natrually bloom in the summer. So once again, the name of your plant, or even a picture would be helpful. From the name or probably the picture I can tell you if it is a summer bloomer.

If it is not a summer bloomer, just sit tight. They plant is busy growing so that it is ready to go this fall.

[chips]

Thanks Malagasy but I have many Phals. Impossible to post a picture of them all, I was bitten by the bug for over a year now. I was just curious if anyone found that Phals generally follow a certain pattern. I have one white phal that has literally never stopped producing leaves, roots and spikes. She has been in bloom for over two years now!! She has over 10 leaves. My other phals dont seem to like her because they dont act the same, (LOL) so I was just curious what other orchid lovers have found.

[Malagasy]

Originally Posted by chips

Thanks Malagasy but I have many Phals. Impossible to post a picture of them all, I was bitten by the bug for over a year now. I was just curious if anyone found that Phals generally follow a certain pattern. I have one white phal that has literally never stopped producing leaves, roots and spikes. She has been in bloom for over two years now!! She has over 10 leaves. My other phals dont seem to like her because they dont act the same, (LOL) so I was just curious what other orchid lovers have found.

Gotcha. I have a couple hundred phals myself. I misunderstood teh question. I thought you were talking about a specific phal. Sorry--my response was probably entirely redundant for someone like you. I will have to think about your question, my off the cuff response is that mine grow seasonally, leaves and roots in the summer and spikes in the winter, but that isn't entirely true. So I'll go wander the greenhouse and consider your actual question.