Phal equestris mount size enough?

[camille1585]

She means mounting it so the roots are upwards, i.e the crown is facing down so the water drains out of it. Basically you mount it like a phal would grow out on a tree in the wild. I think your mount is very quickly going to become too small. I would wait and put it on something larger. equestris is not a large phal, but it's not a mini either. Even minis need quite large mounts. I have a phal parishii (very small, the leaves are 5cm long) on a 10x8cm mount. Despite the small size of the orchid, the roots have completely taken over the front and back of the mount, which has become nearly invisible. I take no credit for it, I bought it that way from an excellent ebay seller (lepantes)