Orchid - Phalaenopsis white

Orchid - Moth / White

                                          ID#801

 

A mature plant passed to me from my friend Happy Lowry.


Phalaenopsis are easy to care plants as long as you keep water from standing on the leaves crown.


Flowers to be white, I will have to wait and see the size, they usually flower after a 2-3 months rest, keeping the flowers for about 3 months.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: medium PLANT TYPE: Orchid -Evergreen GROWTH RATE: Moderate TEXTURE: bold LIGHT: filtered light, medium. Most light tolerant of the species WATER: moist at all times, well drained. high humidity 60-70 % SOIL: Pot in coarse chunks of fir or redwood bark and/or hardwood charcoal
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: white flowers are offset be variable yellow and red lip marking. FRUIT AND SEED: N/A, propagate by division. KEY FEATURES: most strains of the species have a degree of red pigment, and a slight reddish cast to the leaves indicates that the plants are receiving proper light levels.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch Mature plant on a 6” plastic pot. Arrived in moss with good new aerial roots. Jan. 16, 2013 mounted plant on wood trellis A (7X,5Y) before 5Y below wood basket, placed moss behind basket to provide moisture. 3/25/13 removed from mount and placed in individual 3” & 4” plastic pots with Orchiata January 2014: (2) 4” plastic pot, one of which is with spike now. In Bloom May & June 2014 Oct. 2014: combined both plants into 7” round cream color ceramic pot. Jan. 2015: doing well. Jan. 2016: doing well. Feb. 2017:(#1 & #2) ceramic / 7” round/white. April 2018: (#3) in 3 1/2” AC Sept. 2018:(#3) added to ceramic/ med/ white along with (2) #698 & #979 all in one container. I belive all 3 varieties to be the same or similar cultivars. Total of 2 containers. April 2020: (#801-1) Ceramic 7”round/cream color contains plants (#1 &#2) (#801-Combo) Ceramic/white/ medium:#801-2, #698, #979 Total of 2 containers. All flowers look alike. -Jan. 2024: (#3) small, removed from CC/Phals. mount into 2.5”AC to develope roots. Oct. 13, 2024 remounted at CC/Phals.- lower cylinder.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

May 2014

Additional Information: present from Happy Lowry of Oriental, NC

*(#3) gifted by Pam and Marcus April 1, 2016.

May 12, 2014

January 17,  2013

Wood trellis A

June 2015

October 2024