MOTH ORCHIDS (phalaenopsis)

Orchids can be really fussy but once you find them a nice spot and they get settled in, they will happily just keep on flowering.  When you pay something like £12-15 for a plant and then it dies on you, it seems like such a waste of money.  But when you pay the same amount of money for a plant that flowers non-stop for months on end, well, that's a bargain right?

Flowered non-stop for 13 months off one stem!

I'm speaking of the phalaenopsis epiphytic type of orchid (commonly known as Moth Orchid) as I have grown no other kind.  I had 12 at one point and then I moved house.  It didn't matter where I placed them after that, they died on me.  Now, I cannot help but wonder if they died because they didn't like their new positions in the new home or if they died because they simply did not like being moved.  I have moved home yet again (bit of a gypsy, I know) and while I haven't bought an orchid since the last of the twelve died, I am now determined to try again.  I will try one, just one, and see how it goes. 



These are photos of a few of the ones I had for several years...

Give them a go!  You might not be disappointed. 

Here is a link which might help you care for yours.  http://www.plant-care.com/phalaenopsis-orchid-care.html