PHAL. 'SUN RISE STAR'CHIA LIN X TINEY HONEY

[Becca]

Hi All! I purchased this late last November...it came with one spike, and now has a second. The flowers are just starting to open...I am so excited! I love the colors...it is really a nice delicate bright yellow and the lip in the picture is coming out a little more pink then it actually is. I have really been wanting a nice yellow w/ red/pink lip phal and came across this one on ebay....I purchased it from Balden's Orchids....hope I spelled that correctly. Anyways....big big healthy 'chids....I purchased 4 total and at least two of the others are in spike as well...but I think they may take a bit longer before I see anything. Hope you enjoy!

PHAL. 'SUN RISE STAR'CHIA LIN X TINEY HONEY

[cb977]

Very nice, Becca!

I like it...a lot!

[gmdiaz]

Very nice!

I have purchased from Baldan's Orchids on Ebay too and love the two orchids I received.

[caseydoll]

Very nice Becca, I love that one! I don't think it's their fault or anything but of I've killed 2 of the 4 phals i've bought from Baldan's and the other 2 are slowly on their way out. Very strange! Like I said I don't think it's their problem but I have no idea what I'm doing wrong since those are the only phals I've ever killed. Who knows!

[luckygrower]

I have many Phal's from Baldan's and they are fantastic.Baldan's has them planted in spag moss, which is a no-no for me, as I tend to over water ,so I transplant mine as soon as I get them into a bark mixture. Are you over watering them? I have lost quite a few to my over watering.

[Becca]

Well I did repot them into a sphag mixture that contains perlite and cork chunk to break up the mixture. because they were in just moss...it is a mixture sold for phals from a company that sells some pretty good products. But.....I have noticed since they are in 5" pots, that it is still taking a while for the potting medium to dry out....I think I have probably rotted a few of the roots I am sure, but I am making an effort to not wet the mixture as much when I do water....it is hard with such a large sized pot. Sometimes I won't water for two weeks and I know that isn't good. I have been thinking of trying just a pure bark potting medium from an article I read about growers using just bark and having great success. How often do you have to water your phals in the bark mixture?

[gmdiaz]

Are you keeping it in your orchidarium?

I hardly water my coupla little Paphs that I have in my Exo-Terra terrarium. I water throughly only once every week and a half to two weeks. I guess because the humidity is quite high and the temps intermediate, they seem to stay on the slightly dry-ish side, barely moist. . .which seems just right, at least this time of year. I am seeing new growth and good leaf color.

The bark I am using is for seedlings but I added a good bit of the larger sized bark and threw in a few chunks of charcoal as well.

[Becca]

Yep they are in the orchidarium.....i'll try your technique and see if it helps. Thanks!

[snow]

i also have some paphs in my terrarium some of which were basiccally dead except for s2 leaves they all have done well with high humidity and verry little watering
my terrarium is always my last resort

[luckygrower]

I don't have any of my Phal's in my orchidarium, all my Phal's are planted in air-cone pots with a mixture of bark,perlite, and charcoal. The humidity here is about 40%-65% so I water about 2-3 times a week.