They have very pleasant petite pink and white flowers. Unfortunately they only produce 3 or 4 flowers per spike. The flowers are slightly fragrant, but nothing to brag about (Gina). But what makes these plants so super duper cool is the rate in which they produce "Kiekis"! Seriously, I have never seen a plant produce so many babies. They form off of the flower spike and remain connected until they reach the same biomass as the mother plant. They will also produce their own keikis, soo young... Kiekis of this species will often produce spikes and flower while still on the plants, which is really a spectacular site when one plants has several keikis.
This can be a problem though, since a plant, when flowering will devote most of its energy to the flower and not to the growth. So these lil plant buddies with remain adorble and little until removed.
Like most phals, lueddemanniana is really easy to grow. Just stick it in some sphagnum moss and it ought to do just fine. You probably should remove any keikis once they get to size. If you don't they will suck up all the plants sugars and stunt its growth.
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