Short flower spikes on Phalaenopsis

[camille1585]

Welcome to Orchidboard!

Natalie gave you a good answer. Another thing to consider is your growing conditions. How much light is it getting for instance? A couple years ago I discovered that high light will have a pretty major effect on spikes. The spikes themelves were shorter, and the distance between buds as well. I was growing them under led lights for the first time in the winter, and that's how I discovered that I was giving them a bit too much, even though the plants showed no other signs of excess light.

[tmoney]

howdy! its possible that it will continue to bloom and extend for awhile. for our oldest noids, they finish about 2x as long as they were with the original flush of blooms...ok, maybe another 1/3 as long!

but, as mentioned, the pro nurseries can sort of trick the spikes to grow longer by really controlling conditions and times and such. but yea, if you got 2 spikes then you must be doing something right!!!

also, pics or it didn't happen.... and welcome to the OB!!!

[dch53]

Thanks very much for the replies. Here's a picture.

[tmoney]

looks good!

to give you some more insight, one of our first goals was to get a phal to rebloom, and now one of our goals is to get them to rebloom like a nursery! it aint easy, but it can be done...

for now just enjoy the blooms and hope that it continues to extend and flower past this first flush