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09-27-2011, 12:45 PM
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Phal Wiganiae (schilleriana x stuartiana)
One of my favorite Phals is once again in bloom. I love this plant year round because of the wonderful mottled leaves.
Unfortunately (because I badly neglected my orchids this spring) none of my blooming orchids are putting on spectacular shows this year. 2 flowers seems to be average for some of the Phals this fall, including this one. But the plant made up for it in size, the flowers are HUGE this year!
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09-27-2011, 02:36 PM
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WOW! That is a beauty! I own one of its parents and I love it when they display a spectacular show of blooms...this one is also fragrant?
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09-27-2011, 02:39 PM
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Unfortunately not. 
Once this one matures it's capable of making large showy spikes like schilleriana, or so I read.
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09-27-2011, 02:48 PM
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Ah! This one is still young...my stuartiana is 5 yrs old and gives me a spectacular array of blooms
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09-27-2011, 02:52 PM
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This was was still really young when I got it 2 years ago. Last year it had a dozen blooms or so, and I think that it would have had even more this year if it hadn't been set back by my neglect. Hopefully next year it will look amazing. 
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09-27-2011, 02:54 PM
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I am happy that you have them bloom this season, it will bloom again in spring...and hopefully its more flowers for you.
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09-27-2011, 07:40 PM
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What a beauty!
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09-27-2011, 08:29 PM
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Gorgeous !!!!
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09-27-2011, 09:46 PM
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Gorgeous! I've never bloomed a schilleriana, but my stuartiana just finished blooming. I'd love to get this cross, that pink flush is so neat. How big does this plant get?
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09-28-2011, 03:11 AM
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Originally Posted by ezil
Gorgeous! I've never bloomed a schilleriana, but my stuartiana just finished blooming. I'd love to get this cross, that pink flush is so neat. How big does this plant get?
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Mine is not that big. The leaves are each about 15-20cm long (pretty much the standard Phal size), but my plant doesn't seem to want to keep more than 3-4 leaves at a time. I have a dutch friend who also has one and hers is much larger and already puts out branching spikes.
One thing which is strange is that I was going through the emails she sent me when I got it (she kept it for me a while) and back then it was fragrant! I didn't notice anything the 2 bloomings after that....
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