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11-13-2013, 01:28 AM
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Variegated Phalaenopsis at Trader Joe's
Found this beauty at a Trader Joe's next to my school today! I always take a quick look at their orchids and most don't really appeal to me but then I spotted a variegated one. I have never seen TJ carry a variegated orchid before so I HAD to get it. And for only 8.99? Can you really walk away from that?
Any IDs on this beautiful miniature phal? I think it might be Dtps Sogo Vivien 'Golden Vivien'
Although it's a NOID hybrid, so who knows?
Either way, I'm quite happy. I don't care much for the flowers, but the leaves are so pretty.
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11-13-2013, 04:12 AM
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Yea you can find all kinds of gem at trader joe's! That's why i have to keep myself from going there very often lol. Nice find!
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11-13-2013, 06:49 AM
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Great find, good shopping, Jeremiah. I wish we had a Trader Joe's. I have that plant with those flowers and it is a Dtps Sogo Vivien. Last night Seed Engei auctioned off a Daifuki for over $30.
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11-13-2013, 09:04 AM
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It looks like mine that I purchased recently, but its is not in flower:
Dtps Sogo Vivien Golden Vivien.
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11-13-2013, 09:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeremiah.chua
Any IDs on this beautiful miniature phal? I think it might be Dtps Sogo Vivien 'Golden Vivien'
Although it's a NOID hybrid, so who knows?
Either way, I'm quite happy. I don't care much for the flowers, but the leaves are so pretty.
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I'd say almost definitely Sogo Vivien, but who knows on the cultivar. These are multiflorals, and, if they are like the non-variegated varieties, can put out branching spikes with dozens of simultaneous blooms when the get a little bigger. It seems there are a lot of these variegated SV's around as of a few years ago, but other than those and some amabilis I don't know of other variegated Phal hybrids or species (there may be one other, but I can't think of it now).
Mine from Big Leaf was in bloom when I got it a year and a half ago, but I haven't re-spiked it since. I've been keeping it too warm to spike probably. I repotted it again just a couple days ago and once it settles in again I may put it in a cool bright spot to try to get a spike.
Here's a pic of a non-variegated SV, one of the first Phals I killed a couple years back. Notice how chock full of buds it was.
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11-13-2013, 01:11 PM
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Thanks y'all! The pic doesn't show it well but there's actually a branching spike on the spike on the left. It's quite impressive.
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11-13-2013, 02:12 PM
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Love it wish I had a Trader Joe's around me.
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11-13-2013, 02:16 PM
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Great find
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11-13-2013, 02:17 PM
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Nice find, I guess I better check out Trader joe's soon
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11-13-2013, 04:14 PM
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Normally I wouldn't venture a guess but I'm 100% sure this one is Dtps. Sogo Vivien 'Variegated'
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