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Phalaenopsis Optistar Turner | Moth Orchid
Phalaenopsis Optistar Turner | Moth Orchid
Phalaenopsis Optistar Turner | Moth Orchid
Phalaenopsis Optistar Turner | Moth Orchid

Phalaenopsis Optistar Turner | Moth Orchid

SKU: HP30000747
12cm pot | 60cm tall
£34.99
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Overview

Elegant and refined, Phalaenopsis ‘Optistar Turner’ produces soft, creamy-yellow blooms touched with faint pink veining and a gently speckled centre. Its broad, rounded petals form balanced, symmetrical flowers that arch gracefully along slender, dark stems.

Each stem can support an impressive display, with multiple blooms open at once under ideal conditions. The flowers last for months, making it a rewarding choice for long-lasting indoor colour. The plant’s thick, glossy green leaves grow in a neat rosette, providing a lush base that complements the flowers beautifully.

Please note that the pot in the photograph is not supplied with the plant (which is sent out in a simple nursery alternative), but we have a wide and wonderful range on our website to choose from.

Specifications

  • Position: Bright, indirect light
  • Soil: Specialist compost
  • Rate of growth: Average
  • Hardiness: Frost tender

Care guide

Keep the compost moist during the warmer months, but in winter you should reduce the amount it gets, and only water them occasionally. Ideally when watering, you should let them stand in a tray of water (or kitchen sink) so they can soak up as much as they like for an hour or two. Afterwards, let the excess water drain away completely. It is always best to give them a good soak when they get quite dry, rather than watering little and often. Their preference is for soft, tepid water.

Phalaenopsis love humidity, so a bright kitchen or bathroom would be ideal, and mist the leaves with water occasionally, especially if they are in a heated room.

Don't worry if the roots grow outside the pot. In their native environment, they grow in the crooks of branches, and use these aerial roots to absorb water from the air. They do not mind being overcrowded in their pots, so you only need to repot them when the growth starts to suffer.

Moth orchids will usually only send up flower spikes once a year, however you may encourage a second flush of flowers to form more quickly if you trim back the stem to just above the first node immediately after they have finished flowering.

They prefer even temperatures, so try not to have big drops at night time.

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