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title: "So beautiful and delicate. Phal speciosa‘Purple Mountain’"
description: "So beautiful and delicate. Phal speciosa‘Purple Mountain’"
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community: "The Orchid Oasis"
author: "SueB"
published: "2024-02-23T13:34:05.285311Z"
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# So beautiful and delicate. Phal speciosa‘Purple Mountain’

_Posted by SueB on 2024-02-23_

So beautiful and delicate.  
Phal speciosa‘Purple Mountain’

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## 14 comments

### Jen commented on 2024-02-23

LOVELY! That is an incredible flower- the variation in petals, the tiny fuzzy little lip! 😍 I don’t have a single polychilos type phalaenopsis. Do you find that they take different care than standard phals? Do they like higher temps or more light?

#### SueB replied on 2024-02-23

No I treat it just like I treat all my phalenopsis. I have about 9. All but three are your colourful grocery store variety.  
If anything perhaps a few degrees cooler at night (we turn down our heat at night.) But I guess all of them get that.

#### SueB replied on 2024-02-23

Oh and it is slightly fragrant. 😊

### MeasomerPi commented on 2024-02-23

I love these! I didn’t realize they were fragrant. What do they smell like?

### SueB commented on 2024-02-23

Faintly sweet and floral. There’s only the two blooms

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2024-02-23

Two is more than enough 😻

#### Jen replied on 2024-02-23

Am I seeing another flower spike in the background?

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2024-02-24

Good catch! I really should wear my glasses.

### SueB commented on 2024-02-23

😀 There’s actually 5 spikes. All going out horizontally ( so weird)

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#### Jen replied on 2024-02-24

That’s incredible. This is such a fabulous orchid. (\*Goes straight to wish list and adds\*)

#### Jen replied on 2024-02-24

The flowers are also larger than I expected on a speciosa. She’s a beauty.

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2024-02-24

Is this a sequential bloomer? Or are the spikes new?

### SueB commented on 2024-02-24

It is called a sequential bloomer. But I’ll have to do some more investigating. It didn’t do too well in shipping and I’ve spent time with this orchid getting her healthy again. I think I read somewhere their blooms can all be different but I may be wrong. I’m just chuffed that it’s healthy enough to produce blooms that are so pretty and interesting 😄

### Leafmealone commented on 2024-02-25

Beautiful!

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