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04-13-2011, 08:33 PM
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Phalaenopsis braceana
one of my favorite leafless species:
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04-13-2011, 08:45 PM
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WOW.......!!!!
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04-13-2011, 10:24 PM
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Gorgeous! So elegant.
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04-21-2011, 07:05 AM
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Cool, I always find the idea of leafless Phals facinating, not sure I have the courage to try one yet though.
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04-21-2011, 07:12 AM
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Very interesting!
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04-21-2011, 08:27 PM
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two more buds open:
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04-21-2011, 09:10 PM
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I'm hoping to get mine to bloom sometime in the near future. What's your care conditions?? Light, water, fertilizer?
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04-21-2011, 09:25 PM
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I'm not sure I have the conditions down quite right yet. I have a couple of these, and they never seem to grow new leaves. I keep it in a fairly shady place, water it daily during summer, about once a month during winter (just when we have a warm day.) it gets week fertilizer twice a month when it's actively growing. Best of luck with yours. it's really a fascinating species, and the bacon scent is rather unique.
how are you growing yours? has it ever dropped all of its leaves? and if so, did it grow new ones?
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04-21-2011, 09:30 PM
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It's mounted just like yours on a stick. I pretty much do the same thing you do. Water daily is summer, hold back in winter. The leaves felt and never grew back.
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04-21-2011, 09:37 PM
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I recently posted a picture of Phal. braceana. The flowers that opened march first just fell last week. And now a new leaf is growing. I had two 1" leaves already. I bought it from Al's orchids in Leesburg, VA. He had a number of these in his greenhouse Most were leafless but he had one on the opposite side of his greenhouse that was massive with many leaves.
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