tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post2806352245952359349..comments2024-01-25T23:11:08.632-05:00Comments on The Orchid Column: How to Repot an OrchidUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post-47890069934552791242016-02-18T22:29:18.883-05:002016-02-18T22:29:18.883-05:00Great information... I have repot my Cattleyas, bu...Great information... I have repot my Cattleyas, but have never dare divide them I didn't know "the how" my specimen is 21 years old, flowers every year... anywhere from 2 to 6. my hybrid is 10 years old never have more than 2 flowers. my phalaenopsis do very well last year i had several of the plants to flower 3 times, at 3 months of flowers at a time i was in heaven. i have a huge apple tree and think about taken the Cattleyas out ,... mn. weather have rapid changes . to put then for the summer. actually my orchids and anthuriun are house bond ... just a ?? my Cattleyas are in plastic containers , here the information have clay pots, my grandfather have then in specially made wooden baskets, which I will love to have, haven't see any on the different greenhoses ... I buy my Orchids supply from RePot.com, usually order the material at the time i will be repotting to be fresh. The Cattleya mix, Phalas or Dendrobium. (ESL, sorry for the spelling?)<br />by the way my profile are a hybrid Cattleya,& a PhalaenopsisLolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15035848612538764183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post-76846963974144482012014-11-15T22:37:27.260-05:002014-11-15T22:37:27.260-05:00Maybe you could try growing orchids on potted plan...Maybe you could try growing orchids on potted plants/trees? For lack of a better term I'm referring to this as "<a href="http://epiecon.blogspot.com/search/label/phorobana" rel="nofollow">phorobana</a>". That links you to my blog entries on the topic. If I lived somewhere too cold to grow epiphytic orchids outdoors year around my house would be filled with phorobanas. Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post-83338787824283921442014-11-15T18:27:36.868-05:002014-11-15T18:27:36.868-05:00Thanks for your comment, eLPy. Good point about re...Thanks for your comment, eLPy. Good point about repotting different species. Repotting orchids is never an assembly line process in the way that repotting annual plants is. Becky Brinkmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06866699436066176443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post-67563999307131727982014-11-14T18:37:20.956-05:002014-11-14T18:37:20.956-05:00What a privilege to be able to grow your Orchids o...What a privilege to be able to grow your Orchids on trees (naturally)! I found it to be quite satisfying just putting them outside for the summer, but leaving them outside all year is not an option here in the Midwest. It does however seem like the way to go when you can. <br /><br />I also agree that dividing important plants provides you a bit of insurance. Then again though there's the trade off of now having smaller plants. This summer I had an Degarmoarara come down with what seemed like Brown rot. I separated the two affected (younger) pbulbs from two older ones and now it seems time to toss the younger two but the older ones may survive as they don't appear to have been affected by the rot. Obviously this division probably saved my plant.<br /><br />Good luck with your trees!eLPyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982730847454498188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post-5599239846536228792014-11-14T18:32:19.561-05:002014-11-14T18:32:19.561-05:00Great post. I officially started collecting and gr...Great post. I officially started collecting and growing Orchids this year. The matter of repotting them was certainly a little nerve wracking, especially when you have different species (Paph roots versus Phals for instance). I appreciate your bit about a healthy root cross section as learning a healthy root from one that should be cut is important. I also appreciate your advice on high the medium should be.<br /><br />Thanks!<br />eLPyeLPyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982730847454498188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post-19816253643200885442014-10-30T13:38:32.292-04:002014-10-30T13:38:32.292-04:00I've been told that it's a Deodar Cedar. ...I've been told that it's a Deodar Cedar. For a while now I've been interested in finding the best phorophyte. I have orchids growing on more than a couple dozen different phorophytes...even on a tall Echeveria. None of them are noticeably better than the rest. Let me know if you ever find a phorophyte that's particularly good. <br /><br />Have you tried <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/epiphytes/discuss/72157626992140651/" rel="nofollow">Pleopeltis polypodioides, Tillandsia usneoides or Epidendrum conopseum</a> outside? Those are probably the best North American candidates. South America and Asia have far more candidates...given that they both have a large/long relatively uninterrupted corridor from the tropics. Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post-7796291242622859202014-10-30T12:29:40.454-04:002014-10-30T12:29:40.454-04:00Your epiphyte trees are magnificent. What kind of ...Your epiphyte trees are magnificent. What kind of tree do you use? The bark looks very distinctive and no doubt appealing to orchid roots. Unfortunately, it's too cold and wet here for outdoor epiphytes with night temps in the twenties in winter. Thank you for the invitation!Becky Brinkmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06866699436066176443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post-22816969006046782262014-10-30T10:00:44.406-04:002014-10-30T10:00:44.406-04:00Thanks! I love epiphytically trialing a wide vari...Thanks! I love epiphytically trialing a wide variety of plants outdoors year around here in Southern California. My goal is to try and inspire more people to grow plants on their trees. Have you folks tried to grow any plants epiphytically outdoors year around? <br /><br />If you ever plan on visiting the Huntington Botanical Garden... you're welcome to visit me as well. I'm only a few minutes away so you could attach two epiphytes to the same branch (aka kill two birds with one stone). Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post-26926958388181333632014-10-27T19:04:29.520-04:002014-10-27T19:04:29.520-04:00Good point. Spreading the risk is always a good id...Good point. Spreading the risk is always a good idea. Btw, your photos are killer --what a fabulous collection of orchids, ant plants, gesneriads & asclepiads, beautifully grown.Becky Brinkmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06866699436066176443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933993599953092962.post-59948656406543351172014-10-27T18:27:25.703-04:002014-10-27T18:27:25.703-04:00Excellent post! An important subtopic is when to ...Excellent post! An important subtopic is when to divide. A while back I divided a newly acquired specimen Cattleya hybrid. I <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/epiphyte78/10848951735/" rel="nofollow">attached the divisions to trees</a> around the yard and a couple years later a freeze killed around half of them. If, rather than dividing and conquering, I had kept all my eggs in the wrong basket...I could have lost the entire plant. <br /><br />Basically...the rule is, the more saddened you would be to lose a plant, the more reason to "insure" it by sharing divisions with trusted friends. <br /><br />Orchids are the poster child for bet hedging. One single plant can release millions of seeds each year. I'm pretty sure that's a good part of the reason that they are so successful as a family. Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.com