Phalae mariae

[Rick]

This is a named clone I got from Tom Harper. I think its prettier than either of the bastianii clones I have.

I got this pic before the slugs demolished it. But it just started a whole second spike

 

[Rick]

Also a nice blooming on Phalae parishii this year

 

[Marco]

Nice phals!

 

[abax]

Love them both. My mariae is in bud and looks as though
it might have close to a hundred blooms on four spikes.
On the other hand, my parish. is a dud for the second year
in a row.

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice blooms.

 

[Stone]

Love mariae! That's a good one.

 

[Rick]

Love them both. My mariae is in bud and looks as though
it might have close to a hundred blooms on four spikes.

I expect to see this awesome beauty of yours posted Angela:clap:

 

[gnathaniel]

Nice flowers! How cool do you all grow your mariae in the winter? I love Phal species but my main growing area typically sees winter lows in the 40s F (5-10 C) for at least a few weeks, which some Phalaenopsis don't tolerate well.

 

[Rick]

Nice flowers! How cool do you all grow your mariae in the winter? I love Phal species but my main growing area typically sees winter lows in the 40s F (5-10 C) for at least a few weeks, which some Phalaenopsis don't tolerate well.

I think you need to bring them indoors in the winter Gnathaniel. I don't go below 60 in my GH during the winter. And some Phalae growers think 65 is a better number.

I'm farther north than you and yes I spend $$$ on electricity and propane in the winter.

 

[abax]

Rick, my mariae is mounted and huge. I haven't the slightest idea of how to take a good photo of that plant
although I've tried. It's also rooted to the greenhouse
wall and the bench under it, so it can't be moved.

gnathaniel, you'll never grow many Phals. with temps lower than 60F. There are some of the small species that
like cooler temps., but just how cool and when is debatable. Yep, my heating bill for my greenhouse in
winter is yikes!

 

[gnathaniel]

Thanks, Rick and Angela. I've killed a few Phals with my winter low temps, but others didn't mind at all and even the late ones seemed fine until about 45 F. Angela, you're right on about some of the smaller species; the easiest in my poorly-controlled conditions have been lobbii, parishii, and pulcherrima. It's frustratingly hard to find much about absolute temperature tolerance of Phalaenopsis species, maybe because it can vary between individual plants and different cultural conditions?

 

[SlipperFan]

Thanks, Rick and Angela. I've killed a few Phals with my winter low temps, but others didn't mind at all and even the late ones seemed fine until about 45 F. Angela, you're right on about some of the smaller species; the easiest in my poorly-controlled conditions have been lobbii, parishii, and pulcherrima. It's frustratingly hard to find much about absolute temperature tolerance of Phalaenopsis species, maybe because it can vary between individual plants and different cultural conditions?

True. I find orchidspecies.com little icons useful for this.

 

[Rick]

Thanks, Rick and Angela. I've killed a few Phals with my winter low temps, but others didn't mind at all and even the late ones seemed fine until about 45 F. Angela, you're right on about some of the smaller species; the easiest in my poorly-controlled conditions have been lobbii, parishii, and pulcherrima. It's frustratingly hard to find much about absolute temperature tolerance of Phalaenopsis species, maybe because it can vary between individual plants and different cultural conditions?

Ron McHatton has a nice article on lobbii and parishii that includes in-situ temp and rainfall figures.

It looks like in the wild lobbii can regularly get down to around 45 f, but parishii rarely goes below 65. But if both do good for you getting down in the 40's it just shows how much slop is in the system.

 

[SlipperFan]

Yes, the article is in the latest issue of AOS Orchids magazine -- I just got mine today, and thought of this thread.