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Old 11-01-2021, 02:41 AM
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hi all,

decided to start this thread as a new grower of this species. and excited because today i noticed some tiny growth from a dormant node on an old spike!

the plant was received as a keiki and part of a small group order and arrived in great condition. it came with a section of the spike it grew on, and also had grown its own inflorescence which had been cut but was still attached with several nodes.

tons of roots! but all had nice green growing tips when we got it, so it was put straight away into the usual bark, leca, sphag mix and placed close to the south window but shaded and down low. i have been spraying the exposed roots since we got it just to help it ease into the transition and so far it seems happy!

some info / links for the species for anyone interested:

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Travaldo's blog: Grow and care Phalaenopsis fuscata orchid - Darkened Phalaenopsis

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it’d be great if you other growers of the species would share your plants/pics as they are now!
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Edit - deleted post as I was talking about fasciata and not fuscata!
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well, start one of those then, please

id like to see how others are doing with that one as well....
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Did you order a kapuaensis too? Because I'd love to start a thread on that one. It has done NOTHING, it's like it was a fake plastic plant or something. Meanwhile, the Phal pallens seedlings that I deflasked in the same week have grown new roots and new leaves in that time...
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Did you order a kapuaensis too? Because I'd love to start a thread on that one. It has done NOTHING, it's like it was a fake plastic plant or something. Meanwhile, the Phal pallens seedlings that I deflasked in the same week have grown new roots and new leaves in that time...
yes, we did, but not till a couple weeks later. so we have only had them like 2 weeks or so, not enough time to see how they r gonna bounce back. they were all bare rooted. we should do a post for that one too!
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I do not grow this one, but the plants in the Fuscatae section (fuscata, viridis, cochlearis and kunstleri) are easy.

Hot to intermediate temperatures, do good in low light. The only problem you might face is bud blast if the plant isn't established, they like it very very moist.


Do yourself a favour and find a copy of Christenson's Phalaenopsis Monograph, it's full of helpful info!
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I had never heard of it, but thanks for the suggestion, this will go on my Christmas wish list! My family doesn't like enabling for orchid addiction, but this is a book, so doesn't count! 😂
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I do not grow this one, but the plants in the Fuscatae section (fuscata, viridis, cochlearis and kunstleri) are easy.

Hot to intermediate temperatures, do good in low light. The only problem you might face is bud blast if the plant isn't established, they like it very very moist.


Do yourself a favour and find a copy of Christenson's Phalaenopsis Monograph, it's full of helpful info!
thanks for the info! but im stuck on, “ i do not grow this one”...why not?! i sorta thought you had one of each species aboard....
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thanks for the info! but im stuck on, “ i do not grow this one”...why not?! i sorta thought you had one of each species aboard....

I wish, but girlfriend and bank account do not agree.
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update, and sorry for the double post, but we're pretty happy about this one too!

it has opened a bit more in the last day or so, and maybe i'll post another pic here if it spreads or looks different.

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