windowsill phalaenopsis phamily

[tmoney]

hey there phal pham and orchid peeps,

just to record a moment in time of our current phal collection. a few others in terrariums of sorts like the speciosa from the project this year! a couple new acquisitions as well in the last couple weeks. but yeah, getting a couple spikes developing, so hopefully in a couple months this pic will have some colorful flowers attached

[Thriodien]

I just love a bunch of phals...

[Mountaineer370]

As a phellow Phal grower, I just want to say that is a very nice collection. I can't wait to see the phlowering pic.

[tmoney]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer370

As a phellow Phal grower, I just want to say that is a very nice collection. I can't wait to see the phlowering pic.

thanks cheri! honestly, i can’t wait to see a flowering pic, too!! about 1/4 are suppose to be summer bloomers that didn’t bloom this summer, so we figure that about 5-6 phals should blooms this winter. hopefully. with as many plants as have been bought over the last year, it is sort of a low number and makes me want to get more, heheheheh

[Mountaineer370]

My Phal collection is pretty small, only about twenty plants, but I have a mix of summer-bloomers and winter-bloomers, too, so that, hopefully, I can enjoy at least a few of them flowering at any given time. It's worked out pretty well, except I have to say the winter-bloomers seem much happier in my conditions than the summer-bloomers.

[Shadeflower]

It's a nice collection and getting 25% to flower in the first year is a great result.
I doubt much will flower over winter, there are autumn bloomers but they would be producing a spike already now.

Do you have a P. mannii? - that is a true winter bloomer.

Then the season starts with the sedirea japonica and the rest follow.

I have some Bear Queens from schwerter I got just before Brexit that are two years old. One did make a small flower but nothing more since. I am also very hopeful next summer will be their time to shine but it will be like 3 years from when I bought them.

If you can do better than that then you would be doing something better or got a better phal than me