Teacup Phalaenopsis??? Will it stay small or is it just juvenile?
 

I just bought a "Teacup" Phal and was wondering if it is actually a miniature plant or if it is just a juvenile plant? It is a very healthy little plant with two flowering flower spikes and healthy roots.

It's probably a miniature Phalaenopsis, look up Phalaenopsis equestris on image search and see if that looks similar to yours.

Ok thank you!

have seen those tea cup phals at Walmart, look like mini phals to me. They will stay small.

Ok I did by it from Walmart. Thank you.

Depends on what you consider "small." As small as it is currently? Not likely -- depending on what size it is now. However, it will likely stay considerably smaller than many of the "regular" phals such stores carry.

True minis are not something you'll likely find at a generic store. For the really mini ones, you usually have to by from an actual orchid vendor and even then it can be a challenging search. This one, for example is a true mini -- the plant is around 10yrs old and is in a 2.5" pot:

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Juvenile phals (small seedlings) will not flower.

Mini phals that are super tiny will stay that size.
Some may get a little bigger but nothing like a standard sized phals.

Mini phals are sold all over the place here. Whole Foods, Trader Joes. :)

I bought one supposed noid mini from a big box, it's getting ready to flower again with nice full buds. It's never gotten any bigger.

I had kept mini NOID phals from supermarkets and the super minis that are really small never got bigger over the years.

My super cute little NOID from the whole foods from two years ago is in bloom again boasting its beautiful deep magenta flowers. Leaf span is the same about 3in. So cute!

I thought that this orchid was healthy but after a while the flowers started wilting and the leaves started to srivle I took it out and it has like no good roots but one new root is starting I have no idea what happened to this orchid :(.

That can happen when the potting mix stays too wet for too long. Roots just start to die and eventually you are left with either rootless or dead plant.

You have one good root, then it should grow fine as long as you give it a good care.

I find the mini's a little harder to care for than the big phals. They seem to dry out faster but yet I think it is easier to over water since they are so small.

Sounds like over-watering. Was the moss always wet?

If they are like the mini Phals I just recently got, they are in very tight sphag with one hole on the very bottom of the soft pot and then in a tiny tall little cache pot. Really no way for the roots to breathe at all. I slit the soft pot and removed a good amount of sphag and then set it back in the cache pot. If I re-pot now, they won't fit back into their cute little pots so this will do until they are done blooming. Then out of that tight little pot and into a larger clear one with holes and a mix of sphag and bark. I still don't use a large pot, just big enough to fit the roots.

This is what I do, well I don't take any spagh out of the pot. They seem to do fine once I make slits in the pots. I have 4 of them, and they have all grown roots that will push them up out of the pots. Then I pot them up just like silken. 3 of them are going to bloom soon.

I just seen them at Walmart , and glad I ran a cross this thread, of great help.