Phal Mini Mark cute flower

[Miss_Cat]

I've got 2 and they bloom like clockwork every Feb-May. Lovely little things. Don't seem to like the summer heat like my other Phals though. Something to do with the lineage?

[RosieC]

Thanks everyone

Cat, mine prefers the summer, but I guess it doesn't get as hot here as over there.

[Miss_Cat]

Yes, summers in the Rockies are much too hot for people and orchids alike. Rosie, here is a little bouquet of spring for you from across the pond.

[RosieC]

Another couple of flowers have opened

[desertanimal]

Such cuties.

[RosieC]

Thanks, I love them

[howze01]

Wow! Really like the blooms on that! Add another to the list!

[Miss_Cat]

Beautiful. Such happy little flowers. How can one resist...

[RosieC]

I've heard rumor these are getting harder to find. At one point they were everywhere, at least in Europe. Every seller of Phals had them, and there would be loads in displays at every show.

All these things get bread in massive batches, the market flooded, then the breaders move on to something else.

Just got to make sure this one survives, I had two and lost one last year, so really don't want to loose this one. At least it's growing some lovely roots as well just now.

[Miss_Cat]

Rosie, do you grow them any different from your regular Phals? I find them easy to bloom but finniky to grow. Your experience?