Phals that just keep going!

[greenpassion]

Hi guys. I just wanted to write in and give a sort of update on all my phals that have bloomed this past Jan/Feb.
A few have blooms that have gone by, ( 3 of my mini's) but many are surprisingly continuing to produce new buds-even at the stage where they've been bloomed for several months now. It's unbelievable!
I also have a mini that seemed to have a rather short bloom period, but it's once more in spike/bud.

[fishmom]

You have to love those phals that won't quit!

[Mountaineer370]

Mind if I ask how you're growing them? Indoors, outdoors, supplemental light, humidity, etc?

[Leafmite]

Yay!!!! That is why I had to add a few Phals to the collection! I read that the ones I have will (hopefully) do the same.

[greenpassion]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer370

Mind if I ask how you're growing them? Indoors, outdoors, supplemental light, humidity, etc?

I'm growing them indoors, in two separate set ups in one room. Temps are kept at 70, humidity between 45% and 50%.

My kitchen and living room are combined, so one of my set ups is on the island that separates them.
For this one, I have 6 track heads that hold LED grow lights from Orchids Limited, and they are on a grounded timer 15 hrs a day.

The phals are on 2 sheets of tempered glass 15" x 4ft. Sandwiched between is a heat mat the same dimensions, which I use in winter. I have a small fan that keeps the air moving. There are 13 phals on this, and all are in bloom.

They are all in Orchiata bark, in clear plastic pots with added ventilation holes. I use K-lite and additional magnesium at each watering, and once a month they all get Kelpmax and Onocucor.
I keep a tight record of each phals watering schedule.

The other set up is across the room in my living room window. East light, which I have hung a white sheer half curtain to cut down the intensity. There is another small fan to keep air circulating.

Again, they are on a sheet of tempered glass with a heat mat beneath, which I turn on in winter. On this I have 14 phals, which all have bloomed this year.

I have pics of them in the forum called my set up (I think!) But I am happy to post more tomorrow. My huge Sogo Yukidian has finally finished blooming (It branched and has a TON of flowers) and I'd like to show it off!! It's blooms are so heavy I had to devise a way to keep the spike from pulling the whole plant down, and to keep the flowers from touching the other plants...

[Mountaineer370]

Very interesting! So you have two set-ups in different locations in your house, and one is under LED lights 15 hours a day, and the other is in an east window with a sheer curtain but no artificial lighting, if I understand correctly, and all of the Phals in both locations are in bloom or have bloomed recently. That's amazing! Great job of growing!

[greenpassion]

Thank you! I guess I am I bet proud if I do say so myself!

[greenpassion]

Here are pics of my Sogo Yukidian. And some of the pics you can see how I had to rig it up because the blooms are so heavy. The flowers are a little over 3 and 1/2 in wide.

[greenpassion]

And another 2 that I don't think I ever included in my earlier photos.

[Mountaineer370]

Originally Posted by greenpassion

Here are pics of my Sogo Yukidian. And some of the pics you can see how I had to rig it up because the blooms are so heavy. The flowers are a little over 3 and 1/2 in wide.

In the middle picture here, there is one to the left of the Sogo Yukidian that appears, on my monitor, to be medium-sized white flowers with a dark pink or maroon lip. What is that one? (And is that the actual color?)