Phalaenopsis equestris 'orange'

"Finally" - would be the right word for this event. Phalaenopsis equestris 'orange' had several attempts to bloom before. Once the spike dried up before even buds development, the other time it rotted from the tip, so I cut it off to save the plant.
This time I pretended that I didn't even notice the spike until the blooms opened and here we go:



Flowers are very delicate, spike is extremely long. I like the blooms a lot...

Phal. equestris orange

Equestris orange lives in the tank number two.
It is one of the few that had issues with high T5 HO light and displayed burgundy coloration on the leaves:



Meanwhile roots were growing like crazy and I thought about repotting it because one root started to stick out of the bottom drainage hole.



But then I discovered a spike start and decided to wait with repotting.



I figured that I have several equestris hybrids, two types of equestris species - blue and orange but still don't have the regular form. That's wrong, I have to get one...

Equestris orange

Phalaenopsis equestris orange decided to grow a new leaf:



Frankly I was hoping it would continue to work on the spike, but obviously the leaf is more important now(rolling eyes).
I will monitor the spike, maybe plant is strong enought to grow both? Although it doesn't look like it grew since the last picture. Here it is now:

Phalaenopsis equestris orange

This is a young plant of Phalaenopsis equestris orange. The older leaf got yellow, but I hope it is normal because all other leaves look healthy an happy:



Thre is also a spike, that started under the leaf on the left:



I am really looking forward to see the flowers when/if it will decide to bloom.
I have this idea to collect all varieties of equestris, so far I have blue and orange. There is also alba that came gorgeous and healthy but lost all the roots under my care :( I am trying to save it, but it doesn't look promising enough to log it here yet.