The miracle of my Phal Schilleriana
Time for a #PlantStory! This orchid (or what’s left of her!) & I have been through a lot together, & maybe I should’ve given up on her a long time ago… I’ve already replaced her with another flowering size phal schilleriana in spike, with whom I have a much healthier relationship with & who makes me happy! 😘 Still, I decided to give this baby another chance. I threw her pitiful roots & dried out husk of a stem into some water with superthrive & said, “vaya con dios, nena!”
Lo & behold! It looks like she still had some life in her after all! She seems to be growing a new leaf & 2 keikis?? So I just placed her in a fishbowl with a cushy bed of sphagnum aka orchid icu. I’m still not sure if she will survive because unfortunately we’ve been through all this before; but I’m excited to see how it all unfolds! Hopefully it won’t be more of the same emotional roller coaster 😭
So, I just wanted to take a minute to wonder at the magic of nature. ✨ Plants are so resilient, so adaptable! This orchid felt itself dying & found ways to propagate itself & pass on its genes. She said, “I will live on through my children!!!” & I think that’s beautiful. That’s my little egomaniac 🥰
#OrchidLovers #OrchidOrg #PlantProblems #OasisMely
Lo & behold! It looks like she still had some life in her after all! She seems to be growing a new leaf & 2 keikis?? So I just placed her in a fishbowl with a cushy bed of sphagnum aka orchid icu. I’m still not sure if she will survive because unfortunately we’ve been through all this before; but I’m excited to see how it all unfolds! Hopefully it won’t be more of the same emotional roller coaster 😭
So, I just wanted to take a minute to wonder at the magic of nature. ✨ Plants are so resilient, so adaptable! This orchid felt itself dying & found ways to propagate itself & pass on its genes. She said, “I will live on through my children!!!” & I think that’s beautiful. That’s my little egomaniac 🥰
#OrchidLovers #OrchidOrg #PlantProblems #OasisMely
3ft to light, indirect
4” pot without drainage
Last watered 3 years ago
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@ShibaSunroom a keiki will be easy to spot because it’s like a brand new plant growing in the wrong place lol they can grow from the flower stems or on the base of the plant. New leaves only come up from the center of the crown so if you see them growing somewhere else then it’s a keiki!
@melaza ohhhh!! Thank you!! That makes a lot of sense!!
