Joanna,

I had one with seven last year. Multiple crowns and happy as a clam. Until
botritis hit. Dang! Hoping for seven again this year, and no spots.

Kurt,

Enjoy your Phal and don't leave water on the blooms late in the day!

Diana

"J Fortuna" wrote in message
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Kurt,

Congratulations! The older the Phal, the more spikes it should be able to
get, and some Phals seem to be easier to get to have multiple spikes than
others. Some Phals will reuse the older spikes in future years and grow
new ones in addition, thus resulting in multiple spikes, even when only
one spike is added per year. Other Phals produce multiple spikes at once,
which then may grow dry and be discarded only to be replaced by the same
number or more spikes the next season.

I remember being thrilled the first time I had two spikes. Now I have
become more jaded, and eventhough every spike still provides me a thrill,
but since I have a few Phals with four spikes, I am now greedy and would
like at least one of my Phals to produce five spikes. :-)

Enjoy,
Joanna

"KurtG" wrote in message
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I have a moth orchid that has bloomed for me twice before. It's been
looking fat for a few months, but now two spikes? Is that possible?

I'm fertilizing it weakly, weekly, but anything else I should do?

--Kurt