I needed some table flowers. I bought a very nice mini Phal at a supermarket for $12. It is of higher quality than most supermarket Phals I see.
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It is in an outer ceramic container without drain holes. The inner pot is sturdy transparent plastic, with a nice well-ventilated inverted cone at the bottom. It is potted in medium bark, still nice and hard, and a few coir chunks, all in good shape. The roots are healthy. It could easily stay in this medium for another two years.
Instructions say to leave the plant in the outer container, and add 2 ounces / 60ml of water per week. I think this would work well for people growing in a typical home and who don't know much about plants.
The leaves were slightly wrinkled when I got it. I soaked it in water overnight. They became firm with the water. It has taken 3 days for the roots to become silvery in my conditions, out of the decorative container. The yellowing leaf was green this morning. I am not worried, because it is otherwise healthy, and it sat dry in a cool supermarket for a while. I will leave it in this container until it needs repotting, then move it to S/H.
It was grown by Westerlay Orchids in Carpinteria, California, an agricultural area between Ventura and Santa Barbara. Their Web site reveals they grow two million NOID flowering orchids per year for wholesale. I sent photos but they were unable to give me a name.
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