Phal. schilleriana 'T.K.P.'
 

These are the first blooms from my little baby Phal. schilleriana. There are only five flowers this time, but the plant is still very small. In fact, I wasn't expecting it to bloom while it is this small, but here it is, so that was a pleasant surprise :)

How pretty, mine is in spike now, too. I'm not sure what I was expecting. I have more leaves but they are smaller, I suppose because I mounted it.

Looks really good for a first flowering.

Very pretty!

Mine had 4 leaves and 13 blooms last year; but this year only has 2 leaves and 7 buds on the spike.

Not sure what caused the leaf drop.

I haven't had mine for a full year yet. It had two leaves when I bought it, and it grew two more over the summer, but the smallest leaf died, so there's three now. I have some Phals that that hold onto their leaves for years, and they have 8 or 10 or even 12 leaves at all times, while I have a couple others who never have more than four leaves at a time. I don't know what that's about, if I'm doing something wrong, but I hope this one has more leaves, since they're so pretty.

Beautiful plant, this species has been on my wishlist for a long, long time! Nice to see that they can bloom quite small, blooming sized plants are quite expensive, so I can get a younger plant and hopefully not wait too long for the first spike!

Phals with mottled leaves are the icing on the cake-lovely.