Is this a spike on this Phal?

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Originally Posted by Skycat

Awesome! I thought I'd need to put my Phals outside for the temperature drop before any of them would spike (I hadn't put them outside already because I never got around to figuring out where I'd put them where they'd get light, but not have all these thunderstorms dump a ton of rain into their crowns... also I wasn't sure they'd like all the 90+ degree days)

Probably the thunderstorms made the temperature drop and brought you the spike.
The day temperature can drop form 87℉(31℃) to 58℉(14℃) during the rain in Malaysia tropical rain forest. I learned that from the Discovery program naked and afraid S3E5. The rain is supposed to play an important part in the temperature change in phals’natural habitats where without four seasons.
I also got a spike after a typhoon hit. The day temperature got dropped from more than 90℉(32℃) to 79℉(26℃) for few days, plus the strong wind, the phal felt lower temperature actually. Mine is a hybrid of Phal. pulcherrima, so the temperature for reproductive growth is higher. But I’m not sure if the spike will be turning to a keiki, as the temperature is still quite high now.

Originally Posted by james mickelso

Shows you that not all the wisdom around the orchid world is correct. Orchids bloom when they have enough energy and reserves to bloom. It's not set in stone as to season or temps. Nature is smarter than we are or ever will be.

Hi James, The article in the link is strongly recommended to you. I supposed that you’ve read it, I’ve posted it for you before. Please note that there are 2 PhDs in the author list. They are all experts in the field of phals. And the article was published on magazine. To support your assumption which is different from this kind of article, you need to refer to same kind of articles or provide your accurate experiments showing the evidences. Or it will become quite ridiculous to deny others' hard-work research in such a few words, and also show your ignorance at the same time.
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