For now - just this:
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Vanda spike - almost blooming
Such a long wait from discovering spike to the actual flowers. There are only five buds. I think tomorrow there might be at least one open bloom. It is so exciting!
For now - just this:
For now - just this:
Saturday, August 27, 2011
New phals repotted
Since my new phals are marked "potted 10/10" and moss looks a bit too dark to my liking, I dared to repot them. Not only repot, but repot into moss again! I put roots of each plant on and around a small packing peanut, carefully wrapped sphagnum moss around and pushed everything into pot.
Here is how they look now.
Phalaenopsis modesta had small keiki that fell off the plant so I potted it separately into tiny plastic pot. If it will survive and grow at least one new leaf - it'll become Phal modesta II and will earn it's own label.
an here is the keiki:
Phal kunstleri:
Phal sumatrana:
Now is the hardest part - keep them alive in sphagnum moss.
Here is how they look now.
Phalaenopsis modesta had small keiki that fell off the plant so I potted it separately into tiny plastic pot. If it will survive and grow at least one new leaf - it'll become Phal modesta II and will earn it's own label.
an here is the keiki:
Phal kunstleri:
Phal sumatrana:
Now is the hardest part - keep them alive in sphagnum moss.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Cloud's orchids order
This is the batch from b-day purchases.
Bunch of phalaenopsis and vanda seedlings, again, probably years before blooming:
phalaenopsis modesta, sumatrana and kunstleri
vanda suavis and liouvillei
On the back there is cattleya forbesii which I didn't order but it was a free gift with purchase.
Also on the back is a bag with sphagnum moss to repot my phals.
Bunch of phalaenopsis and vanda seedlings, again, probably years before blooming:
phalaenopsis modesta, sumatrana and kunstleri
vanda suavis and liouvillei
On the back there is cattleya forbesii which I didn't order but it was a free gift with purchase.
Also on the back is a bag with sphagnum moss to repot my phals.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Blc Udom Rattana x Chia Lin progress
Just wanted to document great growing of this cattleya hybrid with long name Blc Udom Rattana x Chia Lin.
Two new pseudobulbs and lots of new roots that started even show up above the potting media. It is potted into coconut husk chips and looks happy there.
Of course camera would not cooperate with focus and the old leaves came out fuzzy:
Two new pseudobulbs and lots of new roots that started even show up above the potting media. It is potted into coconut husk chips and looks happy there.
Of course camera would not cooperate with focus and the old leaves came out fuzzy:
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Phalaenopsis bellina
An ebay purchase, blooming sized phal bellina arrived from far away with some dark spots on leaves. They were nothing to worry about, but paranoyed me - cut off the areas of leaves, sprinkled with cinnamon and now it doesn't look that good. There was also an old spike, it wasn't fresh and green but kind of yellow, so I cut it off too. There is new spike coming out, hope it will survive:
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