Phalaenopsis braceana - Orchid Board

lambelkip · #1 04-13-2011, 09:33 PM

one of my favorite leafless species:

Phalguy · #2 04-13-2011, 09:45 PM

WOW.......!!!!

Tindomul · #3 04-13-2011, 11:24 PM

Gorgeous! So elegant.

RosieC · #4 04-21-2011, 08:05 AM

Cool, I always find the idea of leafless Phals facinating, not sure I have the courage to try one yet though.

Eyebabe · #5 04-21-2011, 08:12 AM

Very interesting!

lambelkip · #6 04-21-2011, 09:27 PM

two more buds open:

Roly0217 · #7 04-21-2011, 10:10 PM

I'm hoping to get mine to bloom sometime in the near future. What's your care conditions?? Light, water, fertilizer?

lambelkip · #8 04-21-2011, 10:25 PM

I'm not sure I have the conditions down quite right yet. I have a couple of these, and they never seem to grow new leaves. I keep it in a fairly shady place, water it daily during summer, about once a month during winter (just when we have a warm day.) it gets week fertilizer twice a month when it's actively growing. Best of luck with yours. it's really a fascinating species, and the bacon scent is rather unique.

how are you growing yours? has it ever dropped all of its leaves? and if so, did it grow new ones?

Roly0217 · #9 04-21-2011, 10:30 PM

It's mounted just like yours on a stick. I pretty much do the same thing you do. Water daily is summer, hold back in winter. The leaves felt and never grew back.

Fishballs · #10 04-21-2011, 10:37 PM

I recently posted a picture of Phal. braceana. The flowers that opened march first just fell last week. And now a new leaf is growing. I had two 1" leaves already. I bought it from Al's orchids in Leesburg, VA. He had a number of these in his greenhouse Most were leafless but he had one on the opposite side of his greenhouse that was massive with many leaves.