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08-19-2008, 08:18 PM
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Remove a b. nododa from wood mount?
I have a b. nodosa just receive that is mounted on wooden plank. No roots outside of sphag. Can it be removed to put into a wooden basket? Too much stress? All by other brassavolas are in teak baskets. Just wondering?
Thanks...Gregg
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08-19-2008, 08:23 PM
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I don't have one (yet!) but from all I've seen, B. nodosa does very well mounted. Do you have other mounted 'chids?
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08-19-2008, 08:26 PM
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I have several mounts...just all my brassavolas are in teak baskets.
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08-19-2008, 08:35 PM
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Roots are good
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I have like 4 or so, all mounted and all love being mounted. I personally would not do the basket thingy. Just my 2 cents.
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08-19-2008, 08:45 PM
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I agree with Ross on this one. Brassavola will attack a mount (and look great if it's a round piece of wood), but don't really do as good grown vertical...
-Pat
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08-20-2008, 01:08 AM
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Ya, I would leave it. Ripping a plant off a mount should only be done under really dire circumstances. These guys do really well on mounts anyway.
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08-20-2008, 04:54 AM
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HI,
I've been following this thread with interest as I just got my B nodosa a couple of weeks ago. It is in a clay pot with 15 or so growths and 2 new ones comming on.
So, should I mount it? My main concern is the dry, low humidity winter that is ahead of me. Also, getting it out of the pot is going to be traumatic both to the plant and me!! A hammer you say?? 
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08-20-2008, 10:44 AM
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I would leave it , if the roots are attached at all they will be damaged . If moved to a basket it will leave the basket in time anyway . Gin
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08-20-2008, 11:23 AM
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I have a few mounted and a few potted. I love the mounts, but the plants seem to like being potted more (under my conditions). You could just set the mount into the basket or pot and let it go from there. A teak basket is really like a 3D mount anyways. Whatever is working for you should be fine, but as said in another post, don't rip it off of the mount except in dire circumstances.
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08-20-2008, 11:24 AM
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Al,
My B.nodsa is potted with sphag in clay, it's been like that for over 2 years and doing wonderful, it's also in spike again. It's just how you prefer to grow them 
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