Arthur, I hear you. I doubt I’ll ever show them, but maybe it would be better to put them in individual pots so I can arrange them more easily. I just am going to have trouble finding such a tiny pot. I have lots of them sitting under the canopy of my citrus trees on the mix and it would be simpler to have fewer pots. I’m on the fence. Yes, kind of ironic that phals are so easy to grow here :)

Laura, you can get little 2 inch planting pots for the minis... repotme has some and I ordered a bunch a couple years ago, when I was thinking about getting a flask of babies. You can order one or two or however many you need.

If you need something even smaller, small plastic shot glasses work well.

Then if you're so inclined (!) you can look around for tea cups or coffee mugs or sugar bowls, creamers etc as cache pots.

Personally I only have one mini-phal, which I love, but had I more, I'd probably consider putting them together in a pot. Just because the larger pots are a bit more stable-and the phals tend to be pretty top heavy when they bloom.

Judy, thank you. I have bought some of those little pots from rePotme, but have had exactly the issue you mentioned. They have no weight and the plants tip over. The pots I have are just regular terra cotta orchid pots, but they will hold them in place and provide enough weight to keep from toppling. I may try that, but I need to figure out which ones would match with each other for a nice arrangement of colors ;) . I saw them like that at Whole Foods and they looked nice.

Well you've done it now! :-) Minis are hard to come by here but I found some... I've ordered a set of three mini phals, so am going to pot all three together and see what happens!

LOL Judy! Let us see what you go when you receive them! I’ll post mine also!

The only issue I see is it's like putting all of your eggs in one basket. If something bad happens, you may lose all three plants. Or if one goes bad, it may be difficult to separate from the rest.

Good luck,

Bob

I like the idea of different minis in one pot. It would be a hassle to separated them later, so hopefully you never have to do it!

If you're only thinking of doing so because you can't find the right pot size, I heartily recommend SOLO cups. I have three minis in ventilated clear beverage cups, and it's been a good system! I find a cute vase to stick the cup in, and away we go!

I found my solution at the Dollar store yesterday! 3.5” diameter...perfect!

Now that I’ve found these, they’ll go in individual pots!

I've found most of my best cache pots at Dollar Store and Odd Lots type places. I've had several of those pots for 10+ years and still use them regularly for bloomers. Big plus, saves $ for more orchids :)

Bob

Laura, when the minis are new from the store, I take them out of that small cache pot and put three of the plants, while still in that clear plastic pot, into one pot large enough to hold the three little guys. For me this is a clay pot. Then I can put a hanger on the larger clay pot and hang them any where they’ll fit. I usually take them out to water them and make a quick check on how the roots are doing. As long as roots are OK, I don’t worry about repotting until the plant is no longer blooming. Works for me. Happy growing!

Sheila, that’s a great idea! I think I’ll do that for now. Maru, I’m glad I only spent 50 cents a piece for mine :)