Living is one thing, flowering is a whole different story. If you don't have pronounced shadows where they sit now, there is a very good chance they will not bloom. Most Phal. orchids can still grow/live in poor light, but they need good light to bloom. Put those puppies closer to the window if possible or get them outside in a shady location for as long as temps stay above 60 or higher. They may be able to get/store enough energy by leaving them outside that they will bloom when appropriate. In zone 9 I'd think they could be left out for a significant portion of the year which will greatly help in flowering. Bob

And these are the guys up close.

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I gave Doug a heads up, and he just said by email: "If you manage to bring those buds to maturity, I am almost certain that you will be the first person to flower my imperialis out of the 35, or so that I have managed to get into people's hands." So... I guess no pressure then, huh? :-) Then, somebody on Facebook asked me how I got it to bud. So I might as well copy and paste this here, in case some people are wondering. It still grows in Doug's mix in his 2.25" / 6 cm plastic pot, the way I got it a year ago. It's in one of my semi-hydro trays, so in order not to rot the roots, I set the pot in a larger pot with Growstones at the bottom, and filled the sides with Growstones as well. That tray is on a tile floor, and has been there all this time, including all winter long. It's the coolest space on my plant stand (because of both being at the bottom on the room and on the cool tile). I can't imagine that an imperialis clone would PREFER cool (it actually likes heat, as far as I know) - but I guess this clone is cool-TOLERANT rather than cool-preferring. Humidity generally is an issue for me in the winter (it's too low), although this plant ended up smack in the middle of a bunch of other plants, all semi-hydro in growstones, so humidity was well-elevated there locally. The plant lives very close (6 inches / 15 cm to tops of leaves of the initial cutting) to 2 T5 bulbs (well, closer to one bulb than the other, as it often happens). Now that the plant has grown, the top leaves are less than an inch / 2 cm away from the bulb - those leaves are burning, actually. The budding peduncle grows from that top node, so the light is VERY intense where it has budded. This light likely also increased the daytime temps locally a bit on top of the plant (but again, the bottom has always been cool). I've watered / fertilized weekly weakly for most of this year, except in the last 5-6 weeks I have really been lazy with watering / fertilizing, and often misted heavily (pure water / no fert) instead a couple times a week. I do not know if this played a role in the plant's bud setting. From reading about imperialis, I think it does require a lot of water - so perhaps this is another area where this clone is unusually TOLERANT rather than preferring dryer conditions.