Mounted mini phals

Here is yet one more mounting I just created. This log of a driftwood came from the pet store too. I put several small mini-phals and one haraella baby on it. There are 4 plants in total on the mount, from left to rght they are: Phalaenopsis gibbosa seedling, Phalaenopsis parishii seedling, small seedling of Haraella retrocalla and last but not least - blooming sized Phalaenopsis lobbii with two spikes.
I put small dab of sphagnum moss under each plant. Hopefully they will be ok. I killed one Phal lobbii potted into sphagnum, this one I decided to mount.



Small Haraella retrocalla baby came off the large one when I potted it on arrival. I will label it Haraella retrocalla II.

Phalaenopsis seedlings

Earlier this summer I bought 8 small seedlings of different phalaenopsis species. They were unfortunate enough to get stuck in transition due to the stupid postal strike and got really overheated in the airless environment. Some parts of their foliage had unsightly yellow patches and with me being totally new to phal seedlings they had to go through several re-pottings as I couldn't make up my mind with regards to medium. Finally I stopped on sphagnum moss and here are some results.
Phal. violacea var. coerulea R.I.P.-ed almost instantly.
Phals amboinensis, violacea var. mentaway, tetraspis and lueddemanniana progressing well growing new leaf and/or new roots:


Phals gibbosa, parishii and panterina lost some old leaves and do nothing, except that parishii managed to get mealies into the growing point and had to go through whole wiping and isolation process:

I am starting to realize that small seedlings are probably not the best purchasing option and requires a lot of patience with orchids. At least now I am instinctively looking for b.s. or n.b.s. mark when searching for the plant I want.

Phalaenopsis gibbosa