Root or Spike? A guessing game!
Hola friends & fellow #OrchidLovers, letβs play a game & guess whether the new growth on my NOID phal is a root or flower spike! Those who guess correctly will win the personal satisfaction of knowing they were right π
π: After some research, I learned that the more common phalaenopsis are βseasonal cool-growers,β and need temperatures to drop to around 64F/16C to initiate flower spikes. The problem is that my apartment pumps out so much heat in the winter that the temperature in here rarely drops that low! So Iβve been experimenting by taking my plants out of their greenhouse cabinet & turning the AC on at nights to see if I can get them to spike again.
β¨ Bonus question: if you live in a temperate climate, have you noticed if your phals tend to bloom during a particular season? #OasisMely
π: After some research, I learned that the more common phalaenopsis are βseasonal cool-growers,β and need temperatures to drop to around 64F/16C to initiate flower spikes. The problem is that my apartment pumps out so much heat in the winter that the temperature in here rarely drops that low! So Iβve been experimenting by taking my plants out of their greenhouse cabinet & turning the AC on at nights to see if I can get them to spike again.
β¨ Bonus question: if you live in a temperate climate, have you noticed if your phals tend to bloom during a particular season? #OasisMely
3ft to light, indirect
4β pot with drainage
Last watered 5 months ago
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@sarahsalith I hope so! Iβve actually only put them out in the cold like 2-3x because I keep forgetting π
but Iβm definitely going to be on top of it now since your experience pretty much confirms what I learned. The buds on your orchid are such tiny cute bbs π!
Iβm voting for a spike! Itβs got the mitten shape and looks a lot like my Limelight when the spike was first starting out! 2 or 3 nights in the cold sent 2 of mine into producing a spike. And it was mild last week so I had the door open (it was probably the lowest temperature that itβs safe to keep orchids in - 12 Celsius) and my mini phalβs spike reactivated the next day!
@SummerLily07 ooh thatβs too cold for my bones lol idk about your care/conditions but do you fertilize? or maybe wants more light?
@melaza I have her in a west window. Water when dry, and Iβm going to fertilize during the growing season.
@sarahsalith @MotherOfOrchids @motherofplants @SummerLily07 @Nataleaf you have all earned the title of extraordinary genius & the right to be smug about it! π£ We have a spike people!
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