Waiting

[lexusnexus]

Waiting for my phal bloom pods to come into flower is like waiting for my tomatoes to go from green to ripe. Seems to take half the summer!

[Joyorchid]

I'm right there with ya! I have a phal with multi spikes and about 15 buds that I have never seen flower. The suspense is killing me!

[Lilac]

Yeah, I feel ya! But when they start to open and reveal their glorious beauty!!! Oh boy! It's like Christmas morning as a child! Hope they bloom for you soon,sdon,soon!

[RandomGemini]

I'm with you! I have a couple in bud too. It seems like it takes forever for those buds to mature!! I'm afraid to move it, for fear that they will blast... But I can't not go check it out every morning to see if something changed. It's so exciting!!!

[Leafmite]

I grow most of my phals and other orchids from seedlings (sometimes very small seedlings). Yep, I wait a long time for those blooms.

[lexusnexus]

Leafmite, how long does it take in general to get them to the point of blooming (I realize each has its own growth rate)? At my age I am not interested in taking the time to do that, but I'm definitely interested in the process (the engineer and scientist in me).

[RandomGemini]

I can answer that, two or three years usually, though some phals will bloom after only one year.