And most phrags are ideal candidates for S/H culture. Given plenty of water
and food, they just grow like weeds.

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"Steve" wrote in message
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J Fortuna wrote:
Now that I have a Phrag, I figure I am interested in knowing what a
Phrag's
flowering spike looks like and where it emerges, so that I will know what
to
watch out for. Is it more like a Paph's spike in the middle of the
growth,
or is it more like an Oncidium's spike on the side? I know that a Phal
spike
can be confused with a root at the beginning, a Paph spike can be
confused
with a new leaf at the beginning, and an Oncidium spike I think looks
like a
new growth at the beginning. Is the Phrag spike like any of these? Or
what
is it like? Also does a Phrag flower only once from a growth or can it
reflower from a growth that previously flowered?

Thanks,
Joanna

I'll not repeat what Susan has written but I'll add a few thoughts.
Every time I have noticed a Phrag spike, at its earliest stages, it looks
like 2 leaves forming at once down in the center of the fan of leaves. Two
points instead of one as when it is a leaf forming. When you see that,
you'll know something is happening.
I'm sure you'll enjoy the Phrag because they seem, to me, to be much more
eager to bloom than most Paphs. I'm sure you'll be wanting more of them in
the near future. :-)

Steve