Orchid of the day: Phalaenopsis lindenii

Phalaenopsis lindenii

While Phalaenopsis lindenii produces a flower stem that can carry quite a number of flowers, each flower is considerably short lived and only 4-6 seem to be open at once.  Right now, our plant has five open flowers and five buds.  Three earlier flowers have already wilted and fallen off.

Arne has made subtle changes in the culture of several of our low-light orchids this year.  One change is to expose them to more light.  To increase the light for low-light plants may sound somewhat strange at first but the light level can very easily be underestimated for plants grown under light.  For the mounted orchids, the increased light is achieved by allowing the plants to hang somewhat closer to the light source.

Arne's best method is to have the mounted plants hanging on chains, which allow for easy adjustments up or down in very small steps.  We can already see that our Phal. lindenii is growing larger leaves at its position closer to the light source.

A) August 19, 2018. Enjoying the warm summer weather.

B) Individual delicate bloom.

C) September 3rd, 2018.

D) A cascade of flowers.

E) Another close up of the individual flower with shades of purple and speckles of gold.

F) Our Phalaenopsis lindenii resides in our basement now under controlled lighting.

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