my Phal update, possible new spike?

[Fuerte Rav]

I love your pics, especially the ones that show your blooms as purple/blue. Camera filters are great - dyed Phals should be burnt at the stake (well, the commercial growers should!)
I can't get over how much you move your Phal around - if I did that I'd have broken the flower stem long before now!
Kudos!

[tedro]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

With all these pics of your baby, I'm pretty sure I'm watching it grow. Beginning to wonder if it's gonna start doing tricks.

It really needs a companion.

i did look at potential companion(s) just now. of course, my 3’ parlor palm are best friends (protector), sooo.
i saw one that was exactly the reverse colors, fascinating.

maybe i’ll find one and put on the table and see if it ... well, survives. idk

oh, and, yes, i wanted to put that most recent album link one last time.





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Originally Posted by Fuerte Rav

I love your pics, especially the ones that show your blooms as purple/blue. Camera filters are great - dyed Phals should be burnt at the stake (well, the commercial growers should!)
I can't get over how much you move your Phal around - if I did that I'd have broken the flower stem long before now!
Kudos!

biggrin:
: bowing

thanks! may i share my ello page! https://ello.co/tedrogers

i just replied to Water Witchin then saw this.
thank you. 🙏
ps: oh yes, when i water it (A LOT!)
i turn it allllllll around and tilting like a top!
draining it. (from the bottom, of course!)
and my stake, this time, is really barely doing much. 2 weeks ago the spike was holding it up! oopsie!

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by Fuerte Rav

dyed Phals should be burnt at the stake (well, the commercial growers should!)

I take great offense in what you wrote above Fuerte Rav. It should be those people that dyed those phals that should be ....... hehe ..... you know what.

[tedro]

Originally Posted by SouthPark

I take great offense in what you wrote above Fuerte Rav. It should be those people that dyed those phals that should be ....... hehe ..... you know what.

indeed. i thought “they” were dyed. not for me.
not when there’s all those wonderful markings to choose from.

[tedro]

new bud growth?!!!
one of the attached photos is from the bottom encompassing the entire “bloom” — is there a name for that entire area?
but if you look close to find the 3 growing tips!
what’s happening?
last time i got a complete 21-23(?) rebloom, but it was a whole hugely fasciated branch! blooming new after (right after) all the first bloom flowers were gone.
sheesh! ☺️ looking at my attempts to photo each tip... perhaps i got one twice! and missed one.

[tedro]

ok, what’s up with these growing tips (attached photo, 2 of the 3 tips are visible) producing new buds after all first (18) buds have fully bloomed?
😳 WOW.
is this normal? last time i got entire new branch, fasciated with 21 flower bloom! but that didn’t bloom until all the previous flowers were gone (2nd pic).



if i shoulda made a new post/thread, just say so!

[Fuerte Rav]

You've definitely got a Phal that keeps on giving! It's responding to all the love you give it

[DrDawn]

Yea, it seems happy! Sometimes my happy ones just keep budding out at the end for months. Not sure what makes some do it sometimes and not other times, but it is nice to continue to spread the flower-joy!

[tedro]

sure is a workout!
a leaf is fading. i went through all that last year, 2 or 3. but i waited then took them off manually, then applied cinnamon
needs bigger home, not going to do that during bloom like i did first year/time. (repot video! —i lost 30lbs since then! Shared album - Ted Rogers (ichi) - Google Photos)

i need a shelf nearby same (outside light) location big enough for lamp and larger pot.
—just going to wait this one completely out, i think.

thanks! happy holidays!

[WaterWitchin]

Well that is quite the video Tedro! I can actually envision you sweating while you go through the process. You did an excellent job.

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PS Really cool floor pattern there!