As you may know, my home has become an orchid sanctuary for nursing neglected orchids back to health, which given my ever increasing knowledge and experience works most of the time, but not always. Last summer I was given a crate full of mostly phaelanopsis orchids, but in a variety of colors, (some were a mystery) and all in desperate need of attention. I put them outdoors in a shady spot until cool weather came, and sprayed them every morning with water. And, while not all the orchids grew new leaves, they all flowered, and it has been quite a lovely show! Some of the orchids flowered but were still too weak to sustain the stalk of blooms for the standard several months, and some flowers with a stalk with minimal flowers, but nonetheless the results were truly gratifying.
Orchid flowers generally bloom on long stalks that are given support with a stick and some tiny clips, while this white phailanopsis decided not to put any effort into the long stalk and instead bloomed on a very short stalk no taller than its leaves, and truthfully it is a nice change, so I'll take it! It will be interesting to see what happens with the next bloom, I'll just have to remember to label the plant as I have quite a few that look just like this one.