Phalaenopsis speciosa

[jcec1]

First time flowering for this plant. Blooms are scented, not particularly pleasant, a sort of burnt plastic/dirty water smell is the best I can describe it as. They are quite pretty though.

[camille1585]

Beautiful Phal! I love this species, though I don't have one myself. I love that little touch of purple on an otherwise pure white flower. Not sure I'd be a big fan of the fragrance though!

[jcec1]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Beautiful Phal! I love this species, though I don't have one myself. I love that little touch of purple on an otherwise pure white flower. Not sure I'd be a big fan of the fragrance though!

The fragrance isn't too powerful, so you need to be up close to smell it. It is a strange scent though.

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by jcec1

The fragrance isn't too powerful, so you need to be up close to smell it. It is a strange scent though.

What a convenient excuse for more shopping, it looks like I'm going to be forced to buy one of these if I want to smell it myself!

[Manu]

Nice flowers! None have any red spots?

My speciosa grows like weeds... 5 or 6 spikes in the last year, this plant is almost always in bloom. Mine has a pleasant fragrance, I'd describe it as a sweet grassy smell, definitely not as good as my bellinas and violaceas, but still more enjoyable then burnt plastic

[jcec1]

No red spots. Glad you're smells better than mine. Mine is just a young plant but has just developed a third spike, so they are definitely good bloomers.

[Manu]

Nice growing. Mine gives me a spike every time it matures a leaf.. those plants become specimens quite quickly. I have a few purple speciosa seedlings coming my way from Taiwan in a few weeks, really excited.