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He recommends using a potting mix labeled for Phalaenopsis orchids, which are also epiphytic.

Each greenhouse is packed with orchids of every shape, size and color, from the tiny yellow Platystele misasiana to the large magenta Phalaenopsis gigantea.

A profusion of white Phalaenopsis orchids decorated the sanctuary and a kilted Los Angeles Police Department piper played as Riordan’s widow, children and grandchildren filed into the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

These indoors-only Phalaenopsis orchids are ubiquitous at Trader Joe’s and other markets, but “we’re not orchid doctors,” Alice said.

Paul said, simply, that Phalaenopsis orchids are good for indoors, but don’t expect them to live very long.