First post and first mount

[Louder Than Hell]

i read you since some weeks and I really like this board, so i decided to sign up
I'm and orchid newbie from Italy, I apologies in advance for my poor english

A friend of mine gave me 3 Dend. Loddigesii keiki yesterday, together with a piece of sterilized cork, some sphagnum and stockings
This is how i've done the job


As this is the first plant i mount I'm not much sure 'bout it. Will the root cling the wood with the sphagnum between?

It took half day for the roots to get back to the silver color, is this timing correct? i can easily adjust this with sphagnum. Should i then water it daily?

The plant is small enough to fit my seedling tray: 80% RO, temps 17 to 20 celsius (63-68 fahrenheit) in this period

I never had a dendr. before so they are somewhat new to me. One keiki has got this bump

friend of mine told me it may be a flower, what is to you?

[SP2340]

Very nice!! I'm not sure about weather or not they are too young but the roots will grow through the moss and onto the mount. And it looks like the proper amount of moss to me.

[cb977]

Hi and
Your English is just fine...no problem at all

I think your first try at mounting has been a success!
It looks very nice and will continue to put out new growths and cover the mount.

I mist mine heavily every day. I'm in Florida and it's very hot...because of the heat, all the mounts get it at least once a day.

Do you have any other orchids?
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[Louder Than Hell]

Thanks, I was reading Orchids at home by Northen and i did litteraly as it says. "Shallow layer of sphangum" Just sometimes it's too much cattleya-oriented and i dont even know how adult loddigesii roots gonna be so that's where indecision came

cb977: plants are young but i'm optimistic since in the last weeks i've been checking the tray RO it never got below 80%. When i wake up i spray the tillandsia and the phal.mini mark inside so it gets 95 to 99%. By the way air circulation is granted by 2 three inches fan at 5v for just 25 liters of air.

i'm also considering to mount some more orchid and keep them inside my room but i want some more experience before that

I gonna post my presentation now, sorry for the rush

[kiki-do]

Originally Posted by Louder Than Hell

i read you since some weeks and I really like this board, so i decided to sign up
I'm and orchid newbie from Italy, I apologies in advance for my poor english

A friend of mine gave me 3 Dend. Loddigesii keiki yesterday, together with a piece of sterilized cork, some sphagnum and stockings
This is how i've done the job


As this is the first plant i mount I'm not much sure 'bout it. Will the root cling the wood with the sphagnum between?

It took half day for the roots to get back to the silver color, is this timing correct? i can easily adjust this with sphagnum. Should i then water it daily?

The plant is small enough to fit my seedling tray: 80% RO, temps 17 to 20 celsius (63-68 fahrenheit) in this period

I never had a dendr. before so they are somewhat new to me. One keiki has got this bump

friend of mine told me it may be a flower, what is to you?

It's very small, but it looks like the start of a spike. Only time will tell. That is how they generally start on Dendrobiums. Oh, and you did a nice job of mounting!