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11-22-2010, 03:26 PM
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My new mini Phal./Dtps.
Just picked this up today for less than $10. It's labeled Phal. Sogo Gotris Flora Ark. I did some research on this plant and it's Phal. Be Tris x Dtps. Sogo Manager. Does this technically make it a Dtps? I know that growing them is basically the same. Just wondering is all. Here are a couple pics. There's only 1 bloom left, but the plant looks nice and healthy to me.
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11-22-2010, 03:31 PM
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Lovely. It looks nice to me, too.
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11-22-2010, 04:08 PM
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Looks very cute! I suggest you don't cut off the spike until it turns brown. It may eventually send out new spikes as several of my mini phals have done, several months after the last blooms dropped off.
Didn't I read somewhere that the powers are changing Dtps to Phal at some point?
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11-22-2010, 04:26 PM
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oh my! I love it!
yes, Doritis have been moved to the genus Phalaenopsis (Dtps. is Doritis x Phalaenopsis)
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Based on DNA-evidence, the genera Doritis Lindl. and Kingidium P.F.Hunt are now included in Phalaenopsis, according to the World Checklist of Monocotyledons, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew) (See also ref 1). However not every specialist in this field accepts these taxonomic changes.
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Phalaenopsis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- so it may depend on who you ask ... tho I have heard this for a while now ...
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11-22-2010, 04:32 PM
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Its very nice. I love it when they are small like that.
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11-22-2010, 04:50 PM
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Looks very much like my P. Pingtung Gold, when it blooms in high light and has a pink blush. Great choice! Where did you find it?
Be sure to check the media and repot if needed.
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11-22-2010, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Izzie
Looks very much like my P. Pingtung Gold, when it blooms in high light and has a pink blush. Great choice! Where did you find it?
Be sure to check the media and repot if needed.
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I found it at my local Home Depot. It's in sphagnum moss that looks good. I've heard to keep them as damp as you would an african violet, and I have a collection of those so I hope I can keep it properly moist. |
11-22-2010, 05:48 PM
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Sounds good. However- I would remove any sphag that is close to the base of the leaves. I don't take any chances anymore.
If the sphag is packed in really tight, you might consider fishing some out so that the roots down in the pot can breathe a bit.
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11-22-2010, 06:21 PM
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My experience has been to let these get just dry, or very near dry - I use skewers in pots to help determine when to water.
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11-22-2010, 06:32 PM
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That's such a cute little plant.
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