Hello wonderful people!

[Plant-a-holic]

I wanted to make my first post and say hello to everyone as i start my adventures growing orchids.

I was walking around a flea market and saw a gentleman selling various orchids. One was going out of bloom so he sold it to me for $2! The other two i loved had two full blooms and about three future blooms. All the leaves looked very green and healthy. I saw alot of green healthy roots all over in the little plastic pot it was in.

All three were growing in 100% sphagnum moss but about half of the moss looked like it had green stuff growing all in it and it was really packed in. I did some reading and decided to re-pot them in fresh moss but i also added a handful of orchid bark then moderately packed it around/ in between the roots. I also pre soaked the new mos in some superthrive.

all three are Phal. orchids.

I hope i am off to a good start!

Really great to meet everyone.

[Kelo]

Welcome to the board!

[Orquiadicto]

Welcome on board. Do post pictures of your phals. We love to see the orchids of the fellow members.

[cythaenopsis]

Welcome to the board! Phals are the easiest to grow (most varieties) and one of the best ways to get started with orchids. You probably didn't need to change out the moss right away, but as I've learned from experience it is almost mandatory to change it once per year. It may look fine after 12 months, but the pH balance is off by then and not very friendly for the plant. I've made this mistake 3 times (the charm), so from now on I change after a year and then switch to finely chopped bark.

[WhiteRabbit]

Glad you found us!

[Leafmite]

Welcome!

[tucker85]

Welcome to Orchid Board!

[RosieC]

Welcome to orchidboard.