Originally Posted by
Dorsetman
My own personal experiences with phallies ( hybrid ones like this,) is that it is just not worth while . They are so cheap and easily available - why have a recovering plant doing nothing useful for too long ? I throw them away - if they are in poor condition ; once gone, I soon forget them.
Now a species, available only with difficulty, expensive - that might be different . But even then I usually end up throwing away. they can take so long to recover, and sometimes never do - correction - frequently never do. Of course if I lived in say Brazil or Thailand or whatever, it might be different , but in a temperate country, orchids need a heated space, ( my greenhouse for example) and its always overcrowded. Why occupy it with plants not too good ?