Phal. Pylo's Song 'Nancy Lee'

[wolf71758]

Purchased this plant as a seedling (Dragon Tree Eagle x Surf Song) in October 2015. In April of this year I received my first AOS award (AM/AOS) when I took it to the monthly meeting at the Carolinas Judging Center.

[Sheryl]

It's beautiful Bob! Well deserved!

[wolf71758]

It's beautiful Bob! Well deserved!

Thank you Sheryl.

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It's very beautiful Bob congrats for the award you deserve it.

Thank you Zain.

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Beautiful!!

Thank you.

---------- Post Merged at 04:02 PM ----------

Great colour! Love it!

Thank you.

---------- Post Merged at 04:03 PM ----------

Great color!

Thank you. Forgot to mention that this one is also fragrant!

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lovely flowers, congratulations on your award

Thank you.

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Very nice, AOS reward well deserved.

Thank you.

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Wow! What a cool Phal, very unusual! Lovely deep color!

Thank you Carol.

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Beautiful Phal. I am very interested in how you are growing your Phals. I am trying many different methods for growing. Right now I am trying mounted in either a very warm, humid greenhouse and they seem to like.

My phals are potted in a layer of sphag on top of a layer of LECA that I add to each pot for weight, drainage and air flow. All of my plants are grown indoors on the window sill but mostly under or near lights. The phals are in a well lit room and approx. 5-6 feet from a LED lamp.

[moniluhum]

That is a great idea that might work for my suffering Phals. I have tried sphagnum on top of larger orchiata. Some like some not so much. Cant wait to try your method. Yes, I have another question, how often do you water when under lights?

[wolf71758]

That is a great idea that might work for my suffering Phals. I have tried sphagnum on top of larger orchiata. Some like some not so much. Cant wait to try your method. Yes, I have another question, how often do you water when under lights?

Water/feed every 7-10 days in summer, 10-14 days in winter and will let the sphag dry out completely between waterings. Very little heat put out by the LED's, more variation in room temperature from the sunlight coming in from the south facing window.

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Are you using regular plastic pot or hydroponic pot?

Regular plastic pots, holes in the bottom to allow drainage.

[ksriramkumar]

Beautiful!!

[zainal abidin]

It's very beautiful Bob congrats for the award you deserve it.

[Chris in Hamilton]

Great colour! Love it!

[JDT]

Great color!

[Costas]

lovely flowers, congratulations on your award