Showing posts with label Vanda testacea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vanda testacea. Show all posts

Friday, March 16, 2012

Getting rid of vases

I grew most of my vandas in the glass vases for about a year. It requires watering at least once a day, for the best results - twice.
While it was fine at the beginning when I only had couple, quickly it became a chore - when number of vandas grew up to thirteen.
I tried several of them in the clay pot with chc and it seems to be working.
So I made a transfer.
If roots system is good - I just curled roots into a clay pot and added a handful of chc. When there is not much of roots, I tied plant to plastic vanda basket, added chc there and put basket into pot.




Now I have only Vanda tessellata in a glass vase because her roots are too awkward to fit into pot.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Vanda testacea

Apparently not all vandas like it in the glass vase. After having Vanda testacea bare rooted I thought it was too dry for her and put it into glass bowl where its roots could curl up nicely and watered it together with other vase vandas by filling vase with water every day. After couple months it lost several bottom leaves on both growths because they rotted at the base.
I was so scared that I will loose the plant because of crown rot, so I moved it to the wide clay pot without any media.



Will see how it goes there, hopefully it will have chance to dry out better.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Vanda testacea

Vanda testacea came bare rooted and roots just grow so wide. I tried to squeeze it into the widest vase I had - and just cracked the roots for nothing - it didn't fit. Will keep it in a basket and see how it goes. The cracks are visible on the two top right roots, hope they are not totally ruined: