I don't know what I was thinking, both species take over 7 years to get mature enough for blooming and paphs are not exactly easy plants. I think some success with phalaenopsis deflasking made me think that I can do anything...
Anyway, today I received the flasks:
Of course I deflasked right away. It is totally different from phalaenopsis. Flasking medium is really hard to wash off the plants, roots are very brittle, not flexible and break easy. Even though I put them in a bowl with water - that didn't help. I had to use the sprayer to squirt the black jelly from the roots.
Sanderianum in a bowl:
Stonei in a bowl:
Untangling roots was whole other story and took a while. Of course I broke quite a few perfect roots and even acidentally ripped large seedling apart.
I still don't trust myself with bark for small seedlings, so I used the same medium as with phalaenopsis deflasking : sphagnum moss.
Paph. sanderianum x sib ('Mini' AQ/AOS x 'Dr. John' AM/AQ/AOS):
Paph. stonei x sib ('Red Pouch' x 'The Best'):
I placed seedlings into smaller orchid tank with phalaenopsis in the shady corner.
Hoping for the best...
Does it really take that long? because the one that I bought is like 2-3 years, is it because of the climate? (I live in a tropical climate area.)
ReplyDeleteWhich species do you have? Did it bloom already at 3 years old? How do you grow it?
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