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12-11-2002, 07:29 AM

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On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:41:59 +0000, "Sarah Dale"
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Hi All,

I received an orchid for my birthday the other month - with the most
useless set of care instructions ever! (and it came from M&S!). I've since
seen another for sale - but I was not able to stop and make any enquires
at the time I saw it, but despite a long image search on google the other
night, I've failed to put a proper name to this plant, and hence can not
determine its care requirements.

The orchid is commonly sold at florists from what I can find out. It has
thick green oval leaves, say in the 4 - 6 inch long range which would
proably shiny in a dull way if I dusted it! It has a long narrow stem to
the flowers, which are pure white with 5 petals, yellow markings on the
centre bottom petal. This orchid also has ariel roots which try to eacape
the pot.

TIA for any suggestions.

Sarah

Sounds like a Phalaenopsis to me.

Geoff

Try the following culture sheets:
http://www.theaos.org/orchids/cultur...nner/phals.pdf
http://www.theaos.org/orchids/culture/phal2.pdf