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Old 05-18-2013, 01:13 PM
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I went to a couple nurseries this morning and I found a very pretty Phal.
I bought it.
When I can post pictures, I will.
It's currently sitting in my east/northeast window.

It has two spikes. I don't think I've seen that before, so will that be okay?
Also, I didn't notice until I got home, but the wooden stick that the plant is attached to was poked through one of the leaves.
Is there anything I should do for that leaf?

---------- Post added at 12:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:29 PM ----------

I have more questions:

Would you recommend I replant it?
If so, what should I replant it in?
It seems like it's planted only in moss at the moment.

I've seen some 'orchid food'. Do I need to buy some?
If so, what kind?

Also, I've seen some people have trays with pebbles under their orchids on their windowsills.
Do I need to do that, or were they doing that for decoration?
The two spikes is great!
The phal looks healthy so I would make sure that the moss is not to old and is loose and leave it until its done blooming then repot it.
I use a mix of CHC sponge rock and charcoal this is a mix that I really like so far some people don't like CHC, you could also buy a potting mix from repotme.com but I like to make my own.
Yes your orchid will like some food, I use MSU orchid fertilizer from firstrays.com but I think you can use just about any fertilizer.
People put the trays with pebbles under there orchids to help with the humidity if you have low humidity then you can put them on one.

Hope this helps
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