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Phal NewBerry Parfait
'Picotee'
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(Right)
Dtps. Queen
Beer 'Red Sky'
is a superb
example of a
doritis hybrid
that will
usually bloom
in early
summer. Note
the upright
spikes and
magenta
flowers.
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A small
collection of half a
dozen phalaenopsis can
easily ensure that you
have an orchid in flower
every day of the year!
Find out
how...
Most orchids
are seasonal bloomers and
phalaenopsis are
no
exception. The secret is to
remember that most
phals will bloom at the same
time every year. If
you buy a moth orchid in bloom
during the fall, it will
probably bloom again the
following fall, give or take a
few weeks.
The
heaviest flowering season for
phals, is fall through spring.
So its quite easy to buy two to
three plants over this period
that are IN BLOOM from
September through April. That
should easily provide you with
about seven months of
blooms!
Increasingly, though,
you will find phalaenopsis
orchids in bloom year 'round,
even during the summer when
many orchids are busy growing,
rather than flowering. Often
you will find yellow flowered
phals blooming during the
summer. These often have star
shaped flowers with brown or
red striping and are waxy in
substance. They look a look a
little different than typical
phalaenopsis hybrids and
so add variety to a
collection.
During the summer Doritis
pulcherimma is in
full force, with tall spray of
small, but startling magenta,
flowers. Doritis plucherimma is
very closely related to
phalaenopsis and used to make
hybrids named
doritaenopsis(abbreviated
as Dtps) that often
bloom in the summer.
Not all
Doritaenopsis will have small
magenta flowers and bloom
in the summer as some
of them have only a little
doritis in them.
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