Old seedlings

In the summer 2011 I have purchased 8 seedlings of phalaenopsis species. They were unfortunate enough to be mailed right at the end of postal strike and got overheated a bit.
Anyway, half of them didn't make it, the other four are still alive: two of them are actually growing nicely. Now, since there is still some room in the heated humidity trays, they can take advantage of warm humid conditions, maybe it will boost their growth a bit.

I have repotted both into fresh sphagnum moss, roots look fine.

Phalaenopsis violacea var mentawai:



Potted up:



Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana:



Potted up:



Other two - tetraspis and pantherina are next.

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 violacea var. mentawai