Phals blooming in clay pellets and wood baskets

[LovePhals]

Beautiful, do you have a name for the one on the right?

[mtorchid]

Originally Posted by LovePhals

Beautiful, do you have a name for the one on the right?

I don't have any info on them at all, LovePhals. As I recall, these were "Just Add Ice" orchids from the grocery store. I refer to the color of the one on the right as "champagne" but that's a bit poetic

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Originally Posted by Jenn4a

Awesome! How often do you water them?

Jenn4a, the great thing about having them grow in LECA and open baskets is that it's impossible to over-water. The roots and clay pellets only absorb so much moisture and rest flows out the bottom (along with any fertilizer salts/solids). Probably more pertinent to your question though, a really good torrent of water once per week followed by misting the top daily seems to do the trick in winter. When they go into active growth cycle later this spring/summer, I will flood them thoroughly twice per week or so.

(After I transplanted them about a year ago, I would occasionally remove some of the clay pellets with tweezers to look at the interior roots to make sure they were healthy. That's not easy to do with bark in a closed container).

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