Relative phalaenopsis size

[cimorene]

Here are some pictures of Neve the wild phal beside our other mini phalaenopsis, Roy, and some larger siblings.



L-R: Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Lichtenstein, Neve Campbell, Ostara, and Lilla Gubben. (Roy and Neve swapped places before the last picture; she's the white one.) (Not pictured: Sue Storm, Georges Seurat, and Sailor Moon live upstairs.)

Ella isn't our largest phalaenopsis, but it's a close second.

Comments

[which_chick]

This is very helpful, thank you! It definitely looks like I have one "regular size" and two "mini size". I'll get some side-by-side pictures after work.

[cimorene]

Yeah, I think it's really a spectrum because there's an infinite variety of hybrids, but the ones at the bottom end are referred to as mini. You can find info about the size ranges in phalaenopsis online somewhere, because I've definitely run across it, so you might try looking for that if you're really curious. In addition, the same plant WILL get bigger with time, but it's mostly the leaves that do that. If it's flourishing it may make more flower spikes and more blossoms as well, but the blossom size is pretty static I think.

[laurenthemself]

They're so pretty!

[cimorene]

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