I've very few phals and stick with the minis or at least primary crosses of the minis. No room for the big ones. I've never seen one with such bold colors as your first one pictured. I'd buy that one in a heartbeat......even unnamed! Your blooms are all beautiful, the white one so pristine!

Lovely Phals!

Nice!!

Just a little update on this $3 Home Depot rescue...it's the most prolific orchid I have. As soon as I've snipped the old, spent spike a new one starts growing. This is the best show so far!

This NOID is also from my florist friend and I LOVE the chartreuse blooms :)

You've done well with your Home Depot rescue. It's glorious.

Love the $3 rescue with the dotted line in particular, but the colors on all of your phals are just great. I `ve got quite a few in bloom too, (posted some pics last month). Among them one that a long time member of our OS (who is downsizing his collection) was nice enough to give me after I expressed my amazement about the size of the flowers on his plant at the spring show. The width is 11 cm (about 4 3/8 inch)!

Phal. Hsinying Arcwind x Dtps. Ching Hua Magic

Here the whole plant, you can better see how big the flowers are.

I also have Phals which I care for. I have two which still have all their flowers in pristine condition since November. Actually, most of the six I have are still in flower. I do not cut the spikes at all, they just keep making buds from the original spikes. Once the old flowers start to drop, I cut the spikes off. I will probably do that anyway in the next few weeks because they start becoming 'dust collectors.'

I agree, they are the 'biggest bang for your buck.'

Jane

Love the spotty on top. I've always liked the creamy yellow phals. Your plants look very happy in their new home.

Two more freebies that came my way and nursed back to health...

suza, when you nurse them back to health, do you fertilize them, and if so, do you mind saying which fertilizer you use, please?

I don't fertilize much. I mostly let them dry out because they are typically extremely over-watered. In spring I repot into large bark in clay pots. The roots get misted every other day and the pots get soaked once a week. When I remember, I use fertilizer (Shultz Orchid Food) which is once month, maybe? Once or twice a year I will fertilize with Maxi Crop. My goal with rescues is mostly to stabilize them, so less is more in my opinion.

Thank you very much for your help.