Phal parishii - Orchid Board

jkofferdahl · #1 03-16-2017, 10:23 PM

Right now I have three Phal parishii, two mounted and one potted. This one, mounted, opened the first flower yesterday, and it's simply a delight. The potted plant, from Peter Lin, is in spike. At least so far, this is the smallest of any Phal I've bloomed (chibae is in bud and I expect smaller flowers), and not much larger than my smallest orchid altogether (Zygostates alleniana). Here's the flower with the plant where it sits on my mini rack:

Here's a slightly better view of the flower:

TO better show the size of the flower, here it is next to the nib of a Flair pen:

(Sorry about the thumbnails. Photobucket is acting up tonight.)

jkofferdahl · #2 03-17-2017, 09:23 AM

(For those who observe it, the scale has been taken care of. It wasn't scale.)

WhiteRabbit · #3 03-17-2017, 09:55 PM

Such a charming species!

estación seca · #4 03-17-2017, 10:29 PM

Are these scented? I've read yes and no.

Leafmite · #5 03-18-2017, 12:16 AM

Very nice! The blooms are very pretty! Scale. I always hate when I take a nice picture of an orchid or other plant and then see, in the picture, that there are mealy bugs or scale. I seem to have a cure for both, though. I find that Neem oil takes care of scale and Diatomaceous earth takes care of scale.

jkofferdahl · #6 03-18-2017, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by estación seca

Are these scented? I've read yes and no.

I noticed an ever so slight something this morning. Tomorrow when I don't have to work I should find out. The species is fragrant but in cultivation it often isn't. This particular plant is a seedling, so it could also not be fragrant this year but develop next year. I HOPE that when a larger one I have blooms I'll know for sure!

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Originally Posted by Leafmite

Very nice! The blooms are very pretty! Scale. I always hate when I take a nice picture of an orchid or other plant and then see, in the picture, that there are mealy bugs or scale. I seem to have a cure for both, though. I find that Neem oil takes care of scale and Diatomaceous earth takes care of scale.

Interestingly, I'd not noticed anything on the leaf before the photo. When I went to actually treat it, though, the leaf was clean and spotless. Kind of a mystery.

I'm a huge advocate of the use of DE, by the way.

No-Pro-mwa · #7 03-18-2017, 12:47 PM

So cute, I want to squeeze it.

jkofferdahl · #8 03-26-2017, 05:47 PM

All three buds have now opened on this little seedling, and I'm still completely enchanted. I have a second seedling which hangs beside this one that's not going to spike this year (too busy growing) but also a more mature plant with four spikes and too many buds to count.

Anyway:

Pattywack · #9 03-26-2017, 08:32 PM

We must shop at the same vendors. I have a cute parishii that I bought last year and it has a nice spike now with four big fat buds. I'm watching daily. I also got a lobbii from the same vendor and it is just growing. LOC has awesome plants!

jkofferdahl · #10 03-26-2017, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Pattywack

We must shop at the same vendors. I have a cute parishii that I bought last year and it has a nice spike now with four big fat buds. I'm watching daily. I also got a lobbii from the same vendor and it is just growing. LOC has awesome plants!

The fimbriata I showed is indeed from LOC, a vendor I trust. Others have come from Andy's and Peter Lin. The offerings of each are delightful.