Hi Ina, I’m a bit selective about watching unboxing videos but glad I watched this one because the plants look so healthy and the spike on one is a bonus. Receiving quality plants gives you confidence to go back for more. I’ve found a small nursery not too far from me that I keep going back to for my Phals. Prices are excellent and plants are a good size for the price. Thanks for sharing your unboxing with us. Enjoy your new babies!
you did well, the purple martin is a great phal, very vigorous and constantly in bloom once it gets going. I got myself a paph purpuratum from them half a year ago which is doing really well. In fact it was 2 in one pot and they are both doing really well. Then I got myself a Cattleya Tainan Gold beginning of the year which cost me £18 incuding the delivery! That was a bargain. If you look at spiceotics they have it in stock at the moment too but its £28 without delivery. Every plant from spiceotics has had bugs that I have ordered from them but every single plant I have ordered from the dark orchid has had bugs too. Just something we have to put up with I guess. Just don't ignore that fact... Hope they do well for you.
@@oneorchidaday thanks for the reply. The purple martin season is about to start again. This is usually the time it pumps out lots of sequential blooms, once one drops the next opens etc.
They look really good plants - I’ll take a look as I’m also in the UK. I have a very small Phalaenopsis Stuartiana which came from spicesotic plants. It had three leaves but the bottom one fell off. The roots are healthy though not many but now it is throwing out a flower spike. Do you think I should remove it and hope it grows a bit now it’s ( a bit) warmer?
I imagine you have already decided to keep or remove the flower spike. It took me a while to read all the comments. I would check the leaves and flower spikes to see if the plant is healthy. The nursery surprised me positively
Hi Ina, I’m a bit selective about watching unboxing videos but glad I watched this one because the plants look so healthy and the spike on one is a bonus. Receiving quality plants gives you confidence to go back for more. I’ve found a small nursery not too far from me that I keep going back to for my Phals. Prices are excellent and plants are a good size for the price. Thanks for sharing your unboxing with us. Enjoy your new babies!
It is great when we find affordable and healthy orchids locally
you did well, the purple martin is a great phal, very vigorous and constantly in bloom once it gets going.
I got myself a paph purpuratum from them half a year ago which is doing really well. In fact it was 2 in one pot and they are both doing really well.
Then I got myself a Cattleya Tainan Gold beginning of the year which cost me £18 incuding the delivery! That was a bargain. If you look at spiceotics they have it in stock at the moment too but its £28 without delivery.
Every plant from spiceotics has had bugs that I have ordered from them but every single plant I have ordered from the dark orchid has had bugs too. Just something we have to put up with I guess. Just don't ignore that fact...
Hope they do well for you.
They are doing very well. I really enjoyed these plants. I might try them again in the future. I am sorry to hear about the bugs
@@oneorchidaday thanks for the reply. The purple martin season is about to start again. This is usually the time it pumps out lots of sequential blooms, once one drops the next opens etc.
Hi Ina, I was wondering if you will repot the 2 Phals you bought now? If not when will you repot them? Thanks! 🩷
They look really good plants - I’ll take a look as I’m also in the UK. I have a very small Phalaenopsis Stuartiana which came from spicesotic plants. It had three leaves but the bottom one fell off. The roots are healthy though not many but now it is throwing out a flower spike. Do you think I should remove it and hope it grows a bit now it’s ( a bit) warmer?
I imagine you have already decided to keep or remove the flower spike. It took me a while to read all the comments. I would check the leaves and flower spikes to see if the plant is healthy. The nursery surprised me positively