Phal Specie pictures from weekend market
 

Phal Schilleriana. Several spikes mostly with unopen buds. Those flowers you see are just from around 5 spikes I think. Price is Php7000. It's the same vendor where I got my 115 flowers schilly. Ofcourse I did not get. $155 is not in my budget.

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Phal Lueddemaniana. Wow!!! Over 50 plants attached to each others. Mostly in spike but are just starting out. Price is $16 so I took it home. My problem now is how will I going to mount it as is.

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All phal species here in the Philippines I believe somehow started from wild collections then the locals would grow them in driftwoods in the backyard and in farm. The species are known to grow like a weed when mounted and I saw plenty of them growing like crazy in trees in households backyards from my last years trip to the Bohol province (my birthplace).

The schilly is in the driftwood and I believe it's been there for a long years now.

The luedde was in the backyard tree (jackfruit) of the seller and multiplied there fruitfully. Closer inspection reveals that there's a mother plant and the rest are keiki's. I did not ask though how many years it took. Again it was started as one plant from the wild.

some pictures from locals backyard in Bohol. The owner gave me a plant and it's now multiplying in my driftwood.

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more pics

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huge leaves!!!

Amazing! :yikes:

wow! WOW!! WOW!!! that is so impressive.. Must move to PHILIPPINES!

im absolutely drooling here! those are amazing!! never before have i seen such amazing specimens!! im going to have to take a trip sometime!

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