My bastianii

[edwardwang]

Recently this species seems very popular here.
These spikes are a little bit long,after these flowers fall down, should I mount it or not?

[jkofferdahl]

One of my bastianiis is mounted, and thriving. I think it's a great candidate!

[edwardwang]

Originally Posted by jkofferdahl

One of my bastianiis is mounted, and thriving. I think it's a great candidate!

You are right! It is good to mount with big bark for those who easy to have keikis. When these keikis grow up, you will get a "phals jungle" on the bark

[greenbean]

WOW! All these bastianii posts are making it hard for me to be patient with mine! I think I finally noticed a change in mine today from when it arrived. The tip of the spike has grown a little bit more. It might appear to grow faster if I would stop looking at it for 5 minutes. I just can't help myself! It's so pretty even without blooms that I just want to fawn over it all day!

Edward, yours is truly magnificent! All those wonderful blooms! What a gorgeously well-grown plant!

[camille1585]

It looks great, there are so many blooms! I had no idea that the spikes got that huge on these. Maybe I shouldn't get one. Yet! It would probably do well mounted, since most phals seem to love it.

[edwardwang]

Camille, it is very easy to have keikis, maybe you can share it from someone. I got this from my friend.
It was from a big cluster with countless spikes.
One thing I worry about is the spikes are to long, they almost touch my ceilling.