It is Phalaenopsis amboinensis time!

One of my favorites has bloomed again, namely a phalaenopsis amboinensis. It is a favorite for two reasons. First, it has a lovely citrus fragrance, and second, it keeps putting up new flower spikes while keeping its previous flower spikes. With most phalaenopsis, the spike dies once its flowers drop. You might get two spikes at once if the phal is really happy, but usually there is just one. But the amboinensis keeps its spikes for a long time, which means that you get a more and more impressive show as time goes on. Eventually, an older spike can wither, but my plant currently has four or five that are still active.



Here is a close-up of a flower. They are not as showy as many of the hybrids, but that scent gives them a special charm all their own.