Phal. corningiana

[jkofferdahl]

My corningiana is, I think, proof of the durability of Phals. I bought the plant last summer. When it arrived I didn't have any potting material and it seemed happy enough in the sphagnum and plastic cup, so I broke every rule I profess and left it be. (I've grown enough in sphagnum that while I don't like it in these pots I can do fine.) The plant seemingly ignored my abuse, and has produced numerous new roots and a nice, big leaf, so I wasn't surprised when it spiked - though I now have two spikes which does surprise me a wee bit. Peter Lin describes the fragrance as "bubble gum", and while I find the fragrance to be sweet to me it's far more pleasant; two open flowers are producing enough fragrance to fill my plant room:

[PaphLover]

Oh my! That's beautiful!!!!!!


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[Joseia]

Amazing! I am so jealous, I have one also but no flowers yet. Would love to get flowers like yours!

[jcec1]

That's really nice, everything about it, colour, shape, lip, scent - I love them all.

[D_novice]

I kept the one I have of this, I got it from Peter 1.5 years ago and I hope it was a seedling because it's taken its sweet time to do anything. It finally threw a spike this winter which has just sat there - nearly everything either went into stasis this winter, or crashed and burned - but I have hope that with longer days and more light it will resume. And then bud. And then not blast. And then bloom

[jkofferdahl]

This one is from Peter as well.

Though we often say that Phals don't have a dormant season, some sure do slow to less than a crawl in the winter. Hopefully yours will quickly get back to the business of growth and bloom.

[rbarata]

That's a beautiful flower.

[D_novice]

Originally Posted by jkofferdahl

This one is from Peter as well.

Though we often say that Phals don't have a dormant season, some sure do slow to less than a crawl in the winter. Hopefully yours will quickly get back to the business of growth and bloom.

For me, things don't dry out as fast in winter; and I'm not growing under lights so between day length and cloud cover they get much less light; and because of all that I cut way back on feeding, feeding about every other time and using .25 instead of .5 concentration.

[jkofferdahl]

I fertilize pretty much every watering at about 20-25% of the recommended dilution strength. While I grow a lot of my plants under light I do adjust the light-period seasonally. My plants are in my house and I run the furnace in winter, knowing that doing so dries things a lot MORE quickly than in the summer, so I run humidifiers. Your success with other plants might indicate that your growing conditions just aren't overly suitable to Phals.

[D_novice]

Yes, or maybe I'm overfeeding 8 months out of the year and underfeeding the others! LOLOL

Thank goodness I have success with some orchids