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Friday 12 July 2013

PHALAENOPSIS FLOWER SPIKE

I am referring back here to an slightly earlier post where I mentioned that my two Moth Orchids, or Phalaenopsis, had not flowered since I first bought them and that I had repotted them.  I also wrote about identifying a flower spike from a root.  I am pleased to say that the repotting has paid off because one of the orchids has produced a flower spike.  Tiny it may be at the moment but straight away you can identify it.  See my earlier link on Phalaenopsis Root or Flower Spike






Phalaenopsis, beginning of a flower spike



It is quite easy to see that the Phalaenopsis flower spike is very different to the smooth, rounded end of a root.  I can only hope that my other orchid follows suit.