the three li's

[cnycharles]

Last month or so, I posted some pictures of my phal lindenii from hoosier orchids. Since then, my two other adult lindeniis have come into flower. The first one is about out of flower, so I've grouped the three together for comparison.

The one on the left is the one I posted last month, the middle one is from carter and holmes that has 'mendenhall' as one of it's parents, and the one on the right is from sorella orchids in oregon

whole plants

plant on left

middle plant

plant on right

better closeup of middle flower

one of the foibles of growing plants in a plastic-enclosed cart with lighting, is that there is a lot of reflected light. it was brought to my attention that often phalaenopsis flower spikes will grow towards reflected light for some reason. the three plants are in the same end of one of my growing carts with overhead fluorescent lighting, and two of the plants put out spikes that bent backwards away from the lights but towards the reflections of the lights off of the plastic! (crazy plants...) if you are looking for culture and ribbon awards at orchid shows, you will have to contend with this issue. the middle plant here has the nicest flowers, but the spike did a 180 turn and is growing along the side of the cork mount which is great for presentation

 

[JeanLux]

Great display Charles!!!! This is one of my absolute favs., (maybe because he was a compatriot of mine ). The middle one is an extra beauty!!!! Jean

 

[snow]

very nice, and the leaves are awsum too.

 

[Hera]

Beautiful plants and beautiful blooms!

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Oh yes, beautiful display and gorgerous foliage.

 

[jblanford]

WOW!! Those are all great looking blooms, thanks... Jim.

 

[Barbara]

A very nice display, I was thinking of adding one to my collection, but Phal's don't like me too much.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Charles, you are the man for species Phals! This is a great species, thanks for the look.

 

[Ernie]

Please clone the pants off the C&H clone. I love this species.

-Ernie

 

[mkline3]

Lovely little flowers.

 

[SlipperFan]

I agree with Tom. Before reading his post, I was thinking "What an amazing Phal collection you have, Charles!" But he said it better than I.

 

[cnycharles]

thanks! it's nice to let others see what manages to stay alive in my carts (smile). lots of other things that I wish could also stay alive and flower, but I guess the plants decide what we end up 'growing'

 

[biothanasis]

Very beautiful flowers and great foliage!!!!! :clap: