This is our violet Phalaenopsis orchid that we've managed to keep alive for 4 years (even after we stored it on a shelf for a half a year without taking care of it). It seems to bloom once a year so we enjoy it while we can. This one will have 5 flowers on it when it's done. The rest of the year it will grow a new leaf and a bunch of vine like roots that hang over the edge of the pot. We have another smaller orchid that has managed to stay alive also, but hasn't bloomed for a number of years. I guess it's waiting until it's good and ready. These are very determined plants.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Phalaenopsis
This is our violet Phalaenopsis orchid that we've managed to keep alive for 4 years (even after we stored it on a shelf for a half a year without taking care of it). It seems to bloom once a year so we enjoy it while we can. This one will have 5 flowers on it when it's done. The rest of the year it will grow a new leaf and a bunch of vine like roots that hang over the edge of the pot. We have another smaller orchid that has managed to stay alive also, but hasn't bloomed for a number of years. I guess it's waiting until it's good and ready. These are very determined plants.
