In praise of mini phals.
Well, I have to say that I have been impressed with these. They don't take up as much space as their big brothers, but if anything they flower better and longer.
Take the white one. That has flowered all summer, and just as I thought its season was over, it threw another spike, and then two more.
It's difficult to see, but the other two plants are smothered with tiny flower buds.
These were on sale for 3-5 euros each, and IMO worth every damn penny. I picked up another 4 this summer, and already they are spiking. It's looking like they are going to be real stars too.
Just a shame that they are sold with their roots butchered and then rammmed into an eggcup packed with moss. Surprisingly, if you pot them up into a wider, shallow pot with fine bark and nothing more, they soon start thrusting roots out in defiance of their previous bad treatment.
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