Claude,

Gee....you just have a small one there!

Some of the large flowered hybrids these days have leaves over a foot long.
If you can find pictures of some of the phals from the Japanese orchid shows
you 'll see phals with 100 flowers on multiple stems and branches.

Can you do it again? Well, it depends on your culture. You know what the
potential for this plant is from experience. If you supply good culture
(light, temps, water, and TLC) then you can expect this performance
annually.

Good Growing,
Gene





"Claude" wrote in message
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Hello everyone!

Last night, one of my patient ( I`m a nurse ) gave me as a gift this HUGE
phal she got two days ago. When I say Huge, it`s pretty big.

The Phal has 6 long leaves, the longuest one has 9 inch long.
It has 3 stem, the longuest is about 2 feet tall. There is 6 flowers open,
dark pink/purple around 4.5 inch wide open!

I`ve never seen a Phal like that!

Now my question! Is there some Gigantic kind of Phal or is this only due
to
the culture technique?
Should I expect getting the same result next time it will bloom?

Thanks

Claude


P.S: Of course, there was no name tag on it :-(