# Orchid Re-Blooms!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchid-re-blooms/607279>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 24, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchid-re-blooms/607279 "2011-12-24T14:12:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchid-re-blooms/607279/1 "2011-12-24T14:12:41Z")

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My generic mini-phalenopsis spiked … and the first flower bud is OPEN! Just smack-dab in time for Christmas 😃 O Joy !!!

It’s white, with just a very pale pink center, with some pale yellow on the lip, and tiny pinker spots.

Yoooouuuuuuuuuuu  
shoooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuullllllllllllllddddddddddd  
seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee  
IT!

I’ll be taking photos.

BTW, this is being sent from midcoast Maine, where the outside temp is 15 degrees fahrenheit. No greenhouse involved; just windowsill.

And … drumroll … I have three additional phals also in spike! Flowers galore for the dead of winter … Not quite the tropics, but close enough.

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchid-re-blooms/607279/2 "2011-12-24T15:09:02Z")

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Congratulations! In a related matter, the Red Lion amaryllis that I got from Trader Joe’s last January successfully woke up after a spring, summer and fall in the cupboard. There’s three leaves and a bud coming up right now; I expect it to flower by the end of the first week of the new year.

It’s nice to have color in the wintertime.

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**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchid-re-blooms/607279/3 "2011-12-24T15:26:16Z")

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I’ve got a few phal orchids too. I agree they are very pretty and rewarding!

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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchid-re-blooms/607279/4 "2011-12-28T15:39:51Z")

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O Happy UPDATE!

I took a good look at my mini-phals … one that has already produced a developing spike has put out a SECOND SPIKE!!! Yikes and YAY!

And, in the realm of cheap amaryllis(es) … one white with seven blooms; one striped started to grow a spike before I even took it out of the box; and the solid red planted two weeks ago is also pushing up a spike.

My anthurium also has produced a new spathe 😃

Just thought you’d like to know, fellow gardenees … and thanks for the replies.

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchid-re-blooms/607279/5 "2011-12-28T16:33:12Z")

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Most satisfactory.