Phal equestris and equestris
 

Hi all,

This first photo is the first spiker on this phal.
The second photo is the larger flowering of the two. It sent up its 3rd spike. The blooms are also deeper in coloration.

Thanks for lookin' :D

Nice work Lagoon! Looks fantastic! The colour of the second one reminds me of grape kool aid!

Wow, what a beauty!!

Great photos, the blooms look wonderful! I absolutely love this phal, and can't wait for mine to get big enough to bloom. :)

They are both beautiful Gloria! :love: I think it's so cool that they look different. It's almost like having 2 different kinds. Now I want to get another one.... :evil: :lol:

WOW Cool!!
Equestris are my favourite phals! Good Growing Congrats! NIce one!
Mine was overwatered a year ago and has now recovered as well as 2 keikies growing..so I'm waiting for it to start spiking again..

That's a really nice equestris. Good growing!

:bowingawesome

Thank you everyone :D :bowing
equestris is one of my favs, their fun to grow and seem to always be in bloom. You gotta make room for this sweetheart.

Nenella, I'm glad yours has recovered. Give it time, won't be long before you see blooms :)

that is a nice one 'gloria' .

Very nice Gloria. I love that deeper color!

Great coloration on these. Is this a Phal species that needs a cold rest to bloom?

They're both gorgeous! It's great that they are so different. I'm leaning more and more towards getting one (or 6) or these little cuties.

Hmmm, and I do need to fill up my order on that buy 5 get 1 free deal.....

Thanks again folks :D

I do nothing special to prime these into bloom, or for any other of my phals.
Theres nothing wrong with having a couple of these, its fun to compare. They are wonderful growers.
BTW -- Both are fragrant, but not all spikes will be ;):)

Great color, indeed. I would have liked mine to be a bit darker as your is. Great plant though, it's been blooming since January and is still pushing new flowers out. I'm hooked.

That is gorgeous my equestris var alba is putting up a spike so hopefully it will bloom. yours is fantastic and I love them both, maybe I should add a equestris to my collection other than the alba. well done on growing such lovely plants.

Gloria

My favorite equestris so far, and fragrant too.
Can you recall where you got it?

Thanks for sharing, Gloria :clap:

Phal equestris is my favorite Phal and yours is super-lovely! :love:

Just beautiful, Gloria. Mine is also in spike, and it will be the first for me.

Its such a thrill to see the first spike eh?! Congrats on you're spikes ya'll!

I got them both from different places in Canada. Clouds orchids et Paramount orchids. The deeper colored one is from clouds.

Thanks for lookin' :D

OOOOOooooh !! :) So nice! and scented to!

Good growing, they look very healthy!

Cam

Thank you Cam. Their real good strong growers, you should get one :biggrin:

Holy moley, that color is tooooooo gorgeous.