Phalaenopsis Tzu Chiang Balm - The small fragrant orchid

The Phalaenopsis Tzu Chiang Balm is a renowned hybrid, not necessarily for its appearance, but for its fragrance. It produces tiny flowers on a pretty long, branching flower spike, that have a citrusy, slightly fruity and sweet fragrance. The color of the flowers can vary, from a washed peach, brown to a more intense peach pink.

The parents of this orchid are Phalaenopsis An Tai Jade and Phalaenopsis Stone Dance, making this a complex hybrid.

The foliage of this orchid is nothing out of the ordinary, pretty big leaf span and a slight resemblance with a species Phalaenopsis rather than the usual complex hybrids. The leaves tend to lean down and are pretty flimsy and thin. They present a slight gloss to them which can make them more appealing.

Overall I purchased this one for its fragrance which is really to my liking, since it has a sweet fruity quality to it. It seems to smell more powerful in the morning hours until noon and is overall a pretty healthy and good looking orchid. Enjoy!

[rkatika]

Since I'm a Phal lover I love this one! It reminds me of Japanese cherry blossom flowers. The colors are so pretty, and it looks like a little tree with all the small branches. Lucky boyfriend! :)

[NancyH]

I like the new intro music! Congrats on your new purchase, its very pretty. Love the orange shimmery color! I like Phals, but I'm new to orchids, so I haven't gotten bored w/ any flowers. It's very difficult to find anything but mass produced phalaenopsis in my area, which is okay, since they drew me into this new hobby, but I would really like to find a species that's fragrant. I love your channel & I've learned tons of information from you, which has come in very handy because I've located a garden center that does carry other generas of orchids, but some are pretty neglected. I've been able to clean up these poor orchids, disinfect them, cut off mushy rotted roots & repot them based on your information. A few were so bad they had little to no roots left but they're rebuilding & thriving, which is very exciting! Thank you for passing on all your knowledge to someone clear across the world. :)

[sweetms.g]

I also received the same orchid but in a white with yellow lip I love it! it smells amaizing

[Rosemary]

A Very Pretty Phal, And as much as I love them I really don't have room for another one as I already have 9 LOL  and they take up a lot of space as you know, So I'll have to give this one a miss, Your boyfriend is very sweet, I hope you and your boyfriend are having an awesome holiday, Have fun sweety, :-)

[swanky]

The flowers have a similar appearance to a cherry blossom, how interesting.

[ashleystrydom]

wow....my to buy list is just getting bigger and bigger :-)

[pam]

Thank you so much for your helpful videos! I bought a fragrant mini phal today, but it's not a tzu chiang balm. It looks like a generic mini phal: It's yellow with bright magenta veining, and has a mild smell of honeysuckle. I'm assuming it will have the same needs as any other phal, but I wanted to hear your take on fragrant phals. Are they common? Is it some kind of hybridization that causes the fragrance?

[draco]

That's a lovely phal.  Your boyfriend is shy..lol   Your said the name pretty good...I am Chinese, originally from Hong Kong, now living in the states.  Sadly I don't remember much of my own language--Cantonese.  I know a little bit of Japanese and French.  Enjoy your holiday and stay safe!!

[jasonzachary]

The one I have looks different in color (more orange) and has a slightly bigger size.

[TracMcNguyen]

Hmm..will definitely look for phal this week

[Cathy]

She is adorable! The flowers look like little ballerinas dancing on the stems. I wanted to ask you, or maybe you have a video already, do you know how phalaenopsis orchids come into mass production? Are they started from seed or from keikeis or divisions? I'm asking because I found one yesterday in a supermarket among the usual white, pink, spotted, and magenta ones that was so pretty and so different. There were a few next to her that looked like they could have been her sisters but they were more of what you would usually see. My question is, is she one of a kind because she came from seed? Or is she one of a variety? I have looked at pictures of speckled phals on Google a bit but have not found anything like her so far. I was reluctant to spend the money but I went ahead and got her because she was so unique and she was a justaddice orchid and I felt certain she would meet an untimely death if I did not buy her and I did not think such a beautiful orchid should be lost to the world.

[growingthings]

Awesome Phal Danny, its hard for a lot of us to like phals lol but its pretty cool. And you cant beat a Fragrant one at that. does it have Kingianum in its lineage?  Enjoy your vacation

[fabiopola]

May I be on your Keiki List for this one? 😊

[JayceB]

Can you update us on this one. I’ve been searching high and low for it.

[francesdumaliang]

If you said you don't really like Phalaenopsis., then why do you own quite a collection of Phals shown in your other videos??

[marygorchidsmore]

I like ur phal specially that is fragrant! does it smell like Liodora?

[aribh]

I would love to get my hands on one someday

[tejedasanta]

Let me start by really love your channel and all the detailed information!
 I have 6 phal in my house and really dont know the name of them. i just started to collect them, i believe i have a TZU chiang Balm however it doesnt have any fragant to it, how can i tell if its not the right orchid?

[rosine]

I am not doing good with Phals but i watch your videos anyways :-D

[GiovanniOrchidsKiller]

MISTER X said Hi :D :D lovely Phal <3 <3