Phal. LDBQ seedlings update

Here is my Phalaenopsis LD's Bear Queen deflasking from last summer:



I didn't loose any yet, but one of the larger seedlings got wet rot on the tip of one leaf, so I had to cut it off. I had this type of rot on couple of other phals and from my experience - once it started, it will come back on the next leaf even if you cut it off, so there is a strong possibility that the plant will die.

Why does it have to be one of the larger ones?!

Phal. gigantea x LD's Bear Queen

I have seen many pictures of this cross posted on forums lately and finally I have one blooming too:



Unfortunately it is not one of the best ones, I was hoping for more color.



Still I like it. The flower would flatten more but it got trapped in unlucky position on the spike:



I like large leaves on this plant too.

Phal. LD's Bear Queen seedlings update

LDBQ seedlings were deflasked in June, so they are just over 3 months old and they are growing really nicely. I think it is so far the most vigorous seedlings from all my deflaskings. It seems like very soon they will catch up with HDG that I deflasked in summer 2012.

Here is the picture:



I moved the larger ones from net pots to clay pots because roots started to come out from the net and weave around it. I already had this happening with HDG seedlings so badly that I had to cut the pot to free the roots. Now I decided to not wait that long.
Seedlings didn't mind moving and took off right away filling the wide clay pots with new roots.

What is different fromprevious phalaenopsis deflaskings? These guys went straight to orchid tank with t5 ho lights and constant temps and humidity (no trays with domes, no heating mats, no fuss) and, I guess, it is working.

Phal. LDBQ seedlings update

It has been just over a month since I deflasked Phal. LD Bear Queen seedlings from Kingfisher Orchids flask.
Here is how they look now:



There were no losses so far and all of them show some progress - new roots, or new roundish leaf, or both. I was a bit worried about them because the flask had dried medium and the roots weren't green when plants came out, but it seems they are fine now.



I learned my mistakes and sorted them by size from the beginning trying to pot equally sized together. I use all purpose 20-20-20 fertilizer in very small concentration at each watering. hopefully they will grow as fast as my HDG phals.

Phal. LD's Bear Queen seedlings

I received my shipment from Kingfishers and there was a flask with LDBQ. They could stay in the flask by the size but I noticed that medium was quite dry and crumbly, and roots of the plantlets were silvery grey, not green, so I decided to deflask right away.

Here is the result:



There are 25 seedlings in total. I kept them in the warm water for a while hoping that silvery grey roots will turn green, but some of them stayed grey still. Hopefully the new roots will start growing soon...