Phal. Chang Maw Evergreen 'U-Bix' x P. {Tzu Chiang Litlitz x P. (Buena Jewel x Peach State Red)} x P. (Su-An Super Star x George Vasquez) II

This plant was a rescue from the beginning. It came last summer together with its sibling. While sibling had two spikes and was extremely healthy, this little guy had rotten mess instead of roots.
I didn't even bother to log it here.
Surprisingly plant didn't die, grew couple of roots and one new leaf(much smaller than all the previous because of the root problems:



Yesterday when watering I noticed few small root starts along the stem. On the closer inspection, one of them looks like a spike to me (the one on the far right that grows up):



I might be wrong, it could be just a root that decided to grow up, but still it is enough to get this plant logged here ...

Dtps. Liu's Cute Angel update

Whatever Dtps. Liu's Cute Angel was growing - is not a root, because plant(being sarcastic, I guess) grew a new root right beside the thing and it looks totally different:



I still don't see a mitten, but am going to assume it is a spike and will oficially wait for the blooms.
Here is the view from the back:



Off-topic: I removed another tube from my lighting fixture in the tank and now it has just two 4ft T5 HO tubes in the middle. With three tubes it was still too strong light for phals, some of them had leaves just 12 inch from the lamp and they were burning. I positioned the fixture to have tubes above the middle shelf and put cattleyas there so they are right under the tubes. Phals are concentrated on the back and front where there is no direct lamp above them but still plenty of light.
Too bad I don't have light measuring device and have to experiment. Newest leaf on one of the bellinas got unsightly yellow patches because it was growing under burning lamp and I tried to shade it with other plants, oh bother...

Phalaenopsis Mancervi

Here is another victim of low-light conditions in humidity trays. It arrived back in July with a new leaf just starting up and here what became of it:



Unproportionally long comparing to the previous leaves.
Now in the tank it is starting the new one:



Would be interesting to see how it will turn out.

Phalaenopsis Penang Girl

I am very good at breaking the top on any phalaenopsis plant: mature or seedling, fully grown leaf or just tiny curled start. This one was the most annoying: I broke the top with new leaf start on the very first day after receiving seedling of Phal. Penang Girl back in summer.

The fact that this hybrid was on my wish list adds to all the grief that I went through. The same fact and also nice healthy roots made me keep the plant even though usually I don't bother.

After some while I noticed that broken leaf started to come out some more and now - there is a new growth:



There is also new root showing on the other side:



It looks like my Penang Girl might survive, so I decided to log it in.

Phal. Chang Maw Evergreen 'U-Bix' x....

Here is what I discovered hiding under the leaf of Phal. Chang Maw Evergreen 'U-Bix' x P. {Tzu Chiang Litlitz x P. (Buena Jewel x Peach State Red)} x P. (Su-An Super Star x George Vasquez):



I really wish it had a shorter name.
I have many phals activated their spikes now, but when comparing them to guess which one will bloom first I didn't even consider this little hybrid.
It just finished profuse blooming on two spikes in September. Older spike shedded off, this newer spike was sleeping and I thought it will reactivate after a year of rest.
Now maybe it is responding to hot and humid conditions of orchid tank, I don't know.

I can clearly see the bud growing and am glad that at least this plant grows a bloom not a keiki...