Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Bulbophyllum ambrosia update

About a month ago I got my first and only bulbophyllum - Bulb. ambrosia. I potted it into smallest clay pot with sphagnum and since the pot was too narrow and pseudobulbs grew too wide - the newest pseudobulb was sort of hanging in the air at the edge of the pot.
I had no idea how it grows and where the new growth would appear.
Now this new pseudobulb activated, produced couple roots and it seems like there is also some swelling on the actual bulb:



I totally freaked out that these new roots are exposed to my dry indoor air and new growth would have nowhere to grow.
After some head-scratching and looking through all the pots I had at my disposal I came up with this:



Plastic vanda basket is shallow, breathable and wide enough to fit existing pseudobulbs with some space for the new ones, and roots can now grow right into moss.
Hope this works out.

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