"sacha" wrote

I'm delighted to see that catch me unawares, one of my Phalaenopsis has put
out a new stem with several buds on it. It's sprouted from where the old
stem was cut back and it has been sitting on a kitchen window sill, facing
west and theoretically, in a room that is much too warm. But maybe the
steam in a kitchen has made it happy, though I would have thought the Aga
sort of wiped that theory out too! The last one I had in the same spot has
been flowering since before Christmas and is still going strong.
Admittedly, these are the easiest to grow (I'm told) but I haven't potted
them on, bar one and they get watered once a week, if that, with water
straight from the tap. I picked this one up to water it today and suddenly
noticed the new stem with about 6 buds on it - nul points for observant!

Flowering is initiated by temperature, or change in temperature, with Phals.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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