damaclese

i have many Phal and most of mine Bloom almost continually i attribute this to the fact that i have them on the back of my sink in the kitchen where they get indirect ac all Summer long its quite cool there the ideal temps to induce blooming are 65 night and 80 day ruffly a 15 deg spread i read in your first msg that you mist your phals this is vary bad to do if you let water stand in the crown of the leaf base they are prone to bacterial infections also many phalaenopsis particularly ones coming from Asia have roots that are infected with a type of vertasileam (not sure i spelled that right) if your phals have roots that look all bumpy are even brown this can be a sine but brown roots do not necessarily mean that but its a thought if your phals have this problem id take the plant out cut off the dead roots and pour 3% hydrogen peroxide don't worry it is good for the plant then repot in good 4 or even better 5 star Morse the moses from south America are the best as they last the longest don't be afraid to keep the roots tight they like to be root bound also get several types of food and switch off ever couple of weeks that way you will be sure that the plants are getting all the nutrients they need some firt is incomplete make sure the have micro nutrients in them also water with tepid water cool waters can shock any orchid i don't subscribe to you have to use distiled water club i do have an RO system but i don't aways use it some times i just go for plane old tap water well thats my 2 cents and i know ever one has there way of doing it but as i stated my phals bloom contiguously and no they don't decline i keep them healthy i have one thats over 10 years of and has only been out of bloom for 6 months because it had an infection and i cut the bloom spike off
also Orchid digest is a superb resource for any one that wants to explore the world of orchids are president Carol Siegel wrights articles from time to time for them and joining your local Orchid society is good to its nice to be with others that share there experiences and encouragement i have a nice set of articles that i can post from time to time for you i get them from my club but i don't currently have any thing on phals on the computer but if i can get are president to send the old paper copy to me all post it for you would any one like to see a resend article written by Martin Motes on Vanda's hes considered one of the leading experts on them and has lots of books sorry that was so long winded!

Go Orchids Go ya-ha! lol
Paulo

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