Just couldn't help myself

[mattryan]

the title says it all I've had my eye on this phal at my grocery store for so long that all it's flowers dropped off except 1 and now it's growing 3 more. I blame my boys for this time, as I had already left the store . I know I am weak, so very weak rofll. I know what everyone is thinking...root rot . But I pulled the sucker out of the pot and all the roots are nice fat and green . Considering it has been in sphagg I was really worried. I usually re-pot, but I have been getting much better at watering orchids in sphagg, especially because some just do much better like my bellina. So I pulled as much sphagg outta the center of the pot as I could and I'm gonna leave it this way til I repot. I hope the pic does it justice, it's almost green in colour with green veins and a deep maroon lip with yellow accents. Definetly a Dtps. Thanks for looking

Cheryl

[SlipperGirl]

Looks great!

[silken]

Very nice! I kind of did the same thing last night. I went to Home Depot with hubby for some electrical stuff and they have a particularly nice batch of Phals for $12.99. I found one I couldn't leave behind and like yours, the roots were even good! I usually manage to walk away from them but not this time!

[Vanda lover]

At this time of year we need orchids to brighten things up for us. I think you did the right thing.

Nice find! What grocery store has such beauties? Ours usualy has the boring pink ones with floppy ears.

[Orchids4ever]

Very nice

[magicatt]

I would have snapped that one up myself. It's really pretty and you are just lucky someone else didn't get it before you.