Showing posts with label Phalaenopsis amboinensis var common. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phalaenopsis amboinensis var common. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Phal. amboinensis var.common

And one more phal decided to surprise me with a spike.



After successful recovery from total root loss - Phalaenopsis amboinensis var. common has now decided to bloom. The plant is still small and I would actually prefer it if it just grew some more roots and leaves to gain more strength, but as always, plants know better what to do.



The spike is very small and will take months to develop, but it is a good start.
I now have many plants growing new spikes, some are totally unexpected, but there are also two plants that I actually do expect to spike, keep checking them every day, but - nada.
They are: larger javanica and bellina ('Ingrid Ohh' x 'Joy' AM/AOS). Both look healthy and strong enough to bloom, but it seems they are testing my patience in a very brutal way.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Phalaenopsis amboinensis var. common

Phal. amboinensis var. common came from Kingfisher Orchids almost a year ago in the fall. Somehow I managed to rot all the roots on it almost instantly. I peeled all the mushy stuff from the root strings and potted it up into sphag with just inner strings.
I was pretty sure it would be gone soon.
To my surprise plant started to grow a new leaf, then another. It was hanging on with just root strings until the spring, new leaves came out smaller than the previous ones.
When spring came - it started multiple roots at once and a third leaf.
Now it looks like totally recovered, so I am entering it here.



View from the other side:



Hope future leaves will come in a normal size with all the roots.