Thanks for all of the replies.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Fakename
Phal hieroglyphica and luedde are very, very similar species. If you have success with one, growing the other should be a formality.
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That's great to hear because my Hieroglyphica has been growing like a weed, I repotted as soon as I got it because I wanted it in a pot wth more aeration and the moss was looking pretty old. It's since packed the container with new roots, grew two new leaves and a spike (got it back in April / May). My care for hieroglyphica is a bit different than my other phals in that it seems to love being constantly moist and hates ever drying out. I keep it in very loosely packed sphagnum (lots of air pockets) in an aircone pot. If that's what Lueddemanniana likes, I can match it for sure. For some reason, I thought Leueddemanniana liked being on the drier side.
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Originally Posted by camille1585
New spikes often don't bloom right away once they've finished developing, they will 'stall' and then bloom the following blooming season (spring).
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This makes a lot of sense given the likening of it's care to Hieroglyphica. The spike on my Hieroglyphica stretched out, looked like it was ready to bloom and seems to have slowed down to a crawl - I'm thinking it will stall, which I thought was odd because this plant just doesn't stop growing. It's good to know that spike stalling is (or at least can be) just a normal and routine part of a given plants growth habit (I assumed it was some of the conditions I gave which weren't to the plants liking).
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