Phalaenopsis schilleriana

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Happypaphy7

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I bought this in bloom at the Dresden show in March last year.
It is in bloom again slightly early.
I usually get Phalaenopsis flowers evenly on the same plane so that it’s easy to take photos from one angle and still get most flowers facing the same direction. Oh, well, not this time.
This particular clone has such strong rose scent that can be detected a few feet away from it. Hopefully more flowers in the future!
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I bought this in bloom at the Dresden show in March last year.
It is in bloom again slightly early.
I usually get Phalaenopsis flowers evenly on the same plane so that it’s easy to take photos from one angle and still get most flowers facing the same direction. Oh, well, not this time.
This particular clone has such strong rose scent that can be detected a few feet away from it. Hopefully more flowers in the future!
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Beautiful leaves and flowers both👍
 
I bought this in bloom at the Dresden show in March last year.
It is in bloom again slightly early.
I usually get Phalaenopsis flowers evenly on the same plane so that it’s easy to take photos from one angle and still get most flowers facing the same direction. Oh, well, not this time.
This particular clone has such strong rose scent that can be detected a few feet away from it. Hopefully more flowers in the future!
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That is VERY dark, rich color and the extremely rounded leaves are surprising to me.
 
Very nice schileriana! Congrats to flowers and leaves! Mine is a seedling and so slow growing, the leaves are darker. Something special care for this beauty?

How small are your seedlings? They can be very slow growing while small. I once had a couple of seedlings from (rather not share) and they were very slow growing. The breeder told me about that, so I was aware of it ahead of time.
These newer line bred ones are not very slow and they start to flower while still quite small.

I don't do anything special. I have tried a few from different lines over the years and never thought they were hard to grow & bloom in a sense that they would grow 2-3 leaves a year and bloom around late winter into early spring every year.

This particular plant is still in tight moss ball in its clear plastic film like container that it came in. This setup can stay too wet for too long and I meant to repot it shortly after the flowers dropped off last year, but I just never got to it.
So this year's goal is to repot this poor guy into more open mix and in a larger pot, probably 4inch pot so I wouldn't have to repot again in the next few years.
 
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