Phalaenopsis lobbii f. flavilabia
 

Here's a great Phalaenopsis species: Phal lobbii f. flavilabia.
It's one of the cool growing, deciduous species, found in mountainous regions of India, China, Vietnam.


It gets disctinctive seasons, with a cool, dry winter, and a hot monsoonal summer.
As one of the deciduous Phal, it thrives under fairly bright light.

Needs 60+% humidity or will flat out refuse to bloom, and the spikes take FOREVER to grow - usually in late winter or spring.
Lobbii makes up for it by having a flush of deliciously fragrant flowers over several weeks/months.
Smells like a mix of Lily of the valley and very sweet citrus to me.

It's considered a miniature species, but a happy specimen will grow basal shoots and will become a bush.


This plant comes from an Indian strain, and its parents are of normal colour (brown and not yellow); the label color is highly variable in this species.


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Very nice, indeed!

Cute little thing!