Miniature phalaenopsis

[Paphluvr]

When I think of mini Phals., smaller flowers come to mind not tiny plants. My mini's when mature and blooming size still have foliage that is about 6"L x 3"W.
Are you sure what you have are not just seedlings and not yet large enough to bloom? I haven't seen any mini Phals. bred down to the size you're talking about.

[MCD]

Originally Posted by Paphluvr

When I think of mini Phals., smaller flowers come to mind not tiny plants. My mini's when mature and blooming size still have foliage that is about 6"L x 3"W.
Are you sure what you have are not just seedlings and not yet large enough to bloom? I haven't seen any mini Phals. bred down to the size you're talking about.

One is a "seedling" (keiki from one of the other ones), and I don't expect that one to be blooming any time soon, but the other two were purchased while in bloom and spiked/bloomed at least once more afterwards. So they are definitely mature enough to bloom.

Wondering if perhaps my winter temps inside are a bit too cool for them, maybe 15C-22C, and fairly dry because of the heating.

[MCD]

Here are pictures of the orchids; the first two have bloomed in the past. I included a thumb in the pictures for scale.

The third one is a basal keiki from the second one, and surely needs more growth before it can bloom. It lost a couple of leaves recently, and I moved it to sphagnum. It is growing a new leaf and a new root, and actually has 4-5 good sized roots.