Has 4-6 long, fleshy leaves to 16cm long and branching flower stems to 25cm tall bear up to 12 long-lasting, slightly scented, pale-yellow flowers to 4cm across, with a pink lip, on each spike
0.1-0.5 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | ||||
| Summer | ||||
| Autumn | ||||
| Winter |
Grow in open bark-based, epiphytic orchid compost allowing the aerial roots to hang outside. Provide bright filtered light, good ventilation and from spring to autumn mist daily for high humidity, water freely as compost dries out, allowing water to drain and apply an orchid fertiliser monthly. Provide a minimum day temperature of 17°C and night minimum of 15°C; See Phalaenopsis cultivation
Small plantlets (keiki) may appear from the nodes on the flower stems, detach plantlets when they have developed several good roots and pot up in orchid compost, water sparingly at first, but mist daily
No pruning required, cut back flowered stems to a lower node to encourage further flowers
May be susceptible to aphids, glasshouse red spider mite and mealybugs
Generally disease-free