Phal spike, how long to flower?

[snowballsarebad]

My monsterous Phal. Snow Apple recently started a new spike. It is almost an inch long. How long until flowers? I realize there are probably differences from plant to plant, but is there an average?

[Aniko]

My two Phals are in bloom now. They started at the beginning of July and the first flower opened at the beginning of September, so the evolution of spikes lasted about 2 months.
Aniko.

[snowballsarebad]

Thanks! It's exciting to know I'll probably have flowers in a couple months...and it's going to be a surprise, too! I bought this one post-flowering, so I don't know what they look like. Pink, I think.

[Aniko]

The name suggests something snowy ...maybe with a touch of pink.
I'm also waiting for a "first bloom". It's exciting indeed !

[mayres]

It does depend somewhat on environmental factors, type of phal, and how "happy" the plant is - I've had them take three months in my office environment. I had another phal in the same environment that got stressed and it finished off a double spike in much less time that it should have been - the plant responded by sending up a third in no time at all - I didn't actually time that one, but I think it was two months or less. They can be slow though - kind of like watching moss grow. :-)

[phalen57]

From all the pics on here, I think I have a new flower spike. However, it has been sitting there for nearly three months, with hardly any growth, and is about two inches long. Will it continue, or did I stress it and it will just sit there?

[sunshine]

I have been told 120 days give or take from spike to first bloom. A root looks like a little rounded nub, where as as a spike looks like a mitten.

I have found the majority of all orchids take their sweet ole time and bloom when they feel like it. A watched pot never boils

[Ron]

Hi, if you can provide a nice warm environment and good humidity like were they all originated from.
A temperature of around 80F day and night, should be able to get it into flower after about 2 months, sometime quicker.
If colder then 80F each day, it could drag on for 3 to 4 monhts, again all depends on the maturity of the plant, and growing envoiroment.