Big Leaf Orchids
 

Yesterday I received my order from Big Leaf Orchids. Even before I received them, I had emailed Peter with quite a few questions. He patiently answered each one and was very helpful in advising me on the care of the phals I was to receive.
The plants themselves are very healthy and visually appealing- the leaves are so shiny! I do have to say, though, that I wasn't expecting them to be so small- but this is my own oversight, as Peter posts the pot and leaf size for almost every listing. Also, neither of the plants were advertised to be in spike. A welcome surprise!

Phal Samera (violacea blue x bellina blue):
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Phal LD's Bear Queen x bellina (blue):
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Wow, Beautiful leaves. I was thinking about getting the violates blue X bellina blue too.

And beautiful roots!!!

Those look really nice.

I have a Phal Samera from Big Leaf also. No spike on mine, so I am jealous! But he did throw in a free Phal Feng Mei Sweet in bloom, so that was a nice surprise. The Samera is in a terrarium with my other phals, mostly species, and unlike the others, the Samera is not that happy.

Any tips from Peter on what the Samera likes? I think it might like it warmer than my other phals, so I moved it into another tank with a heating pad to keep night temps around 80 and reaches 84 during the day, and it has responded with a new leaf. Is this a plant that really likes it warm?

Joseia, even though yours didn't come in spike that was a pretty sweet gift he gave you! I think I'm the jealous one! As to the care, I'm just going to quote what Peter said in regards to both of mine:

Boshia, thanks for the care information, I will keep doing what I am doing, maybe drop the night temps down to 75. Please post pictures of the flowers when they arrive, would love to see what mine might look like.

Hi there, is big leaf orchids the one located in Sarawak?

:hello Big Leaf Orchids is in the state of Texas,USA.

Please, post the picture of the flowers when time comes!