Showing posts with label Flasks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flasks. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Another deflasking

This is my "early birthday present" - one more flask from Kingfisher Orchids - Phal. Hawaii Dragon Girl (Phal. Dragon Tree Eagle ‘DT1’ X Phal. Penang Girl ‘Ching Ruey’).



It had large plants that were totally ready to come out:



Plants were tangled together with their long roots:



It took a while to carefully separate them and rinse under warm water. It turned out that instead of 20 plantlets there were over 40. I had to pot couple of them separately so they wouldn't bully the others with their excessive roots:



I hope they all will make it...

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Phalaenopsis flask update

Well, I am just posting here pictures so I could ask on the forum if planlets look crowded and have to be deflasked. I bought the flask a month ago, and I can see that babies grew since then.
To my newbies eye they look crowded and I am itching to take them out, but then I also don't want to cause their death because I took them out too early.
So here are the pics:












Update:
According to the knowledgeable folks on the Orchid Board, I should leave plants in for at least a month or maybe more. Until there is no more head space. Apparently they like to be crowded.