When will my Phal spike!!!

[jeffsv]

Hi I'm vincent I live in Las Vegas and slowly but surley Im becoming addicted to orchids I have 2 cyms and 7 phals. I managed to get both of my cyms to spike which are growing with flying colors. I have 3 phals that are not in bloom but its almost January and they have no spikes??? what months do they typically start to spike?

[ron-in-norcal]

Hi Vincent, are your phals growing well? There was a thread in the Phalaenopsis forum about a change in temperature needed to get some of them to spike.

[jeffsv]

They are thriving they all have grown 2-3 leaves this year so I don't know what the problem is or if they are just late bloomers pun intended

[Polarizeme]

I have found that if they are indoors with a relatively constant temperature they start to spike when the days begin to get longer. I had one in my kitchen that bloomed every February like clockwork.

Now, mine all spike in the beginning of winter when I bring them in from the greenhouse after the temperatures have dropped off quite a bit. They are all spiking and blooming now.

Depends on conditions. Wait to see if they spike when the days start getting longer.

[ron-in-norcal]

Good luck Vincent! Yeah, they may be late bloomers. You do know not to cut off the flower stems until/unless they turn brown, right? Because they often will branch off the same flower stem and bloom again (most of mine do).