Accordingly to what was recorded, one of the plants in the original colony of Phal lowii in Burma was able to put up about 100 flowers at one go. My plant above only managed to put up 5 flowers at one go. So, I have to continue to make the plant grow strong enough.
GibbosaWu
發表於： 2005/08/31 07:47am
下面引用由Speciosa在 2005/08/30 04:12pm 發表的內容： Phal lowii likes a very humid and bright environment. Direct exposure to morning sunlight is alright. Phal lowii should have at least 1 or 2 leaves. It would become leafless (and weakened plan ...
True that it's a NNNNNice plant and beautiful flowers . I have never seen P.lowii with such a long flower stem. My P.lowii(s) are just growing flower stem.and the buds are 4cm only.
Speciosa
發表於： 2005/08/30 04:12pm
Phal lowii likes a very humid and bright environment. Direct exposure to morning sunlight is alright.
Phal lowii should have at least 1 or 2 leaves. It would become leafless (and weakened plants may die) if its roots are forever wet. Therefore, I do not grow Phal lowii on treefern or sphagmum moss (since these medium take a very long time to dry up completely).
The roots of Phal lowii will suffocate and rot if the roots are buried under lots of forever wet sphagmum moss. Phal lowii has a habit of growing a massive system of very long roots. These roots must never be disturbed or trimmed if you do not want to stunt its growth.
I grow my plants of Phal lowii using either cork bark or driftwood. Watering is 3 times per day (6 hours interval) and the roots are allowed to dry in between waterings. Fertilizers are given once a week (NPK 21:21:21).
Phal lowii flowers around October and November in the wild. A picture of my plant in flower in October 2004 is shown below.
