These buggers sure have taken off on growth. They continued to shoot forth spikes with buds following closely on their heels. Growth has been rather quick and stretching out of range for easy comparisons, so...
What really impressed me is that my 2nd phalaenopsis has two spikes with buds forming on them, and they look almost identical! Here's a look:
Yes, these are two different spikes!
The two "aerial" roots are continuing their wandering about the air, leaving me to wonder where they'll end up.
And finally, there's my first phalaenopsis that came back from the brink. It's still in the midst of trying to get a new leaf out, to replace the yellowed one you can partially see here:
The good thing is that it has a healthy appearance of new roots pushing forth.
Those two rather small stubby spikes I showed earlier in the thread are now this nice cluster of multiple spikes and buds. I'm looking forward to the show that should be starting in just a few weeks from now.
Darn pesky fungus gnats have returned! Thankfully they're still in very small numbers. I'm a little reticent to douse the potting mix with that peppermint oil mixture, as I don't want to cause any disturbance to the blooming phase. But I may have to resort to it (I had given just two washes of the stuff and the gnats didn't appear for at least several weeks).
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