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Old 05-03-2016, 09:41 PM
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So far all my orchids are doing really well. All of them seem very happy.
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Old 05-04-2016, 01:35 AM
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The one in the middle with orange flowers is an intergeneric cross with Oncidium and the one on the far right is a Phalaenopsis, other than that, it's too blurry for me to see right now
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Old 05-04-2016, 01:48 AM
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Old 05-06-2016, 07:04 PM
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I'm really far from an expert, but my broad guess is that the orchid on the table and the two on the far right are phals. The first and third from the left look like some kind of oncindiums and if the second from the left is the one that smells like Coconut, I think it's a Maxillaria Tenuifolia.
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Old 05-07-2016, 11:34 AM
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Dalton, I read your post, on another thread, about not blooming Phals. Several things to consider.

Plants at markets and hardware stores have been pushed to bloom early, uprooted and repacked into sphagnum, tucked into new pots, then shipped long distances. This can stress them to the point they don't bloom the next year. With good care they recover and bloom.

Fertilizer is important. Bark has no nutrients, so you need to provide food to your plants. You can read a lot about fertilizer here on Orchid Board and at other sites like First Rays . The basic idea is to provide low levels of all the nutrients the plant needs, frequently.

Light is important. Phals need less light than most other plants, orchid or not. But they need enough. If they're producing nice healthy leaves that hang over the pot, they're probably getting enough light to flower.

Root health is probably most important. Plant with sick roots probably won't bloom. Overwatering, leading to root death, kills more Phals than everything else put together. If you haven't already, look through these threads:

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