Oh, shoot. A new Phal Noid...
 

Yup, I had forbidden myself from buying any other Phal other than equestris 'Orange' so how on earth did my humble collection suddenly increase by one? And another Noid at that? :p

I went to the local florist's shop to buy bigger pots to my poor Phals that are in the middle of being re-potted, and decided to take a quick look at their orchids. Just a quick one mind you. Unfortunately, it seems as they had just refilled their stock so there were a lot more orchids than at my last visit. Among all the other Noid Phals I spotted this little darling, with its pale pink petals and warm and bright yellow parts of the mouth. It was love at first, second and third sight. Not only did I like the flowers, the rest of the Phal was in excellent shape as well with healthy looking roots, foliage and three spikes.

In other words, I couldn't leave without it, thus it now stands in my living room on a private windowsill (quarantine) looking cute. :love:

I have a term for this - YAP. (Yet Another Phalaenopsis). A little bit like AIDS (or plant viruses!), once you have it, it can't be cured, and it will invariably express itself in the appearance of YAP in your collection. :) Of course, much like viruses, YAP also spreads amongst other people you come into contact with!

I often have to resist impulse YAP buys - I'm getting resistant to the charms of average florist/supermarket phals, but if something like that showed up... :hello

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I've definitely got YAP, that's for sure. The scary thing is that it seems to able to spread via forums or even from other people's enthusiasm. :shock:
I think I've infected my friend as well 'cause since I started showing serious symptoms of YAP, her collection of orchids has increased by two and she has another one she wants to buy.

I feel we need to inform the public about this rather unknown disease or people might take all the orchids we want! We have to stop it from spreading!:nailbite:

I'm proud of myself for being able to walk past most Phals but this one...no, I just couldn't, the YAP-virus was too strong. :blushing:

So cute, and with 3 spikes!

Yes, I too am susceptible to the allure of the noid Phal. When I'm super itchy for a new orchid it's hard to resist. The other day Lowe's was stocked up with extra Phals for Valentines Day, we're talking a hundred or so MORE than the large selection they usually keep stocked. Most of them were pretty standard, but I saw this one yellow one... and it was only 10 bucks. But I RESISTED!!! Mainly because I don't have anywhere to keep any full sized Phals, LOL. Otherwise my house would be loaded with big Phals. Regardless, congrats on the new cutie!

Oh, I'm soo glad I live in Sweden. If I had walked in there I would probably have walked out with half of their Noid supply. :rofl:

Well done to be able to resist! It's hard when they try to seduce you with their prettiness. My problem is that I have space... Despite the fact that my so called collection now consists of 19 Phals (with three more on the way) I still have got plenty of room for more orchids.

Back to my newest edition, not only does it have three spikes, they're busy branching as well, and also, I found this (points at photo) on one of the nodes. What on earth is it?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Hahaha, once you run out of room, you will be able to fight YAP better, or find another place to put them!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Very lovely blooms :D
LMAO @ the Yap concept and the I have space remark - TFF!! :lol:

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Yup, so in other words I need to fill all this space as soon as possible to able to fight YAP... Hmm... I think that could work. It will be for a good cause and everything after all. :lol:

Yes, indeed, what is it?
 

I too have a phal with a node like this. Any thoughts?

ANOTHER Phal??? You mean that you didn't get enough of a fix from your 6 new ones? :rofl:

I view uncontrolled orchid buying as something more akin to a drug addiction, rather than a disease. Virus doesn't give you intense cravings for orchids!

I used to fall for Phals all the time, after all I live in the Noid capital of the world, where that they are absolutely everywhere and dirt cheap.