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11-09-2007, 02:47 PM
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| 3 Aces or Deuces? Well I can't tell. Are they spikes or roots?  I have another one coming in right beside on the lower left in the pic. I know it's too soon to tell on that one. This Phal only had one spike when I bought it. Could it be maybe this time there's three?
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11-09-2007, 03:05 PM
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| I believe they are roots.
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11-09-2007, 05:38 PM
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 That's all this thing has been doing is spitting roots at me! I haven't seen the bloom on this since late spring. I forgot what the lip color was. 
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11-09-2007, 06:01 PM
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| Yes, good strong roots!
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11-09-2007, 07:11 PM
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| articuno, The typical cycle for Phals is that they start to spike in Autumn or early Winter and bloom in late Winter or spring. So it doesn't come as a suprise that your Phal hasn't bloomed since Spring, this is fairly typical. It has been my experience with several different varieties that they sometimes skip a bloom cycle when I bring them home. Others don't have this experience so maybe i just have conditions that shock my plants.  Anyway, it's a very good sign that your plant is putting out so many roots. Lots of good healthy roots means your plant has the best chance of producing vigorous growth and eventually flowers.
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11-10-2007, 05:33 AM
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| I hate to say this but I have a phal that has happily put roots out for 3 years now with never a spike.  Thr leaves are healthy, and it's treated the same as my others. Some bloom just once a year, two of them seam to be forever throwing up spikes! Take these roots as a good excuse to buy another orchid! lol! |
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11-10-2007, 01:11 PM
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| Cupcake, you need to stress that Phal, and now is the time. Give it a lot more light, short of burning, and let it dryout a little more than usual. You can dry it to the point 'before' the leaves start to shrivel. Good luck.
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11-10-2007, 04:21 PM
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| Do you think that since mine is doing what it's doing, maybe I should enroll it into boot camp too? 
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