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My first Phal Spike!

10 years ago

I just had to share because I was so excited. I live in north Texas and it's still 90 degrees here. But last week one of my phals decided to spike and branch off of an existing spike. I kept the old spike because I have a hard time getting them to spike here with the low light, temperature, overwatering or whatever my major problem is. But last week I got my first spike ever! I just can't figure out what I did differently with that one. It has the largest leaves and best root system though, so maybe it's genetics.

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Comments (4)

judyj
10 years ago
Congratulations! :-) It always feels good, doesn't it? :-)
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
10 years ago
You must have had your AC set really cool. ;-)

Congrats.

tj
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E W
Original Author
10 years ago
TJ, I do keep the AC at 69 or so at night, but during the day it gets up to 77-78 degrees. It sits on a windowsill and sometimes when the sun hits the pot it feels warm to the touch. I'm wondering if it was just the 15 degree drop in temps between night and day (maybe with the sun warming the roots it gets to 85?). I thought it needed to be more like 55-60 to spike...we definitely have not had those temps yet.
Darlene (GreenCurls)
10 years ago
Congratulations. You must be doing plenty right.

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