Maxillaria tenuifolia (Project 11 - Summer 2010)

[WaterWitchin]

And now I understand why you keep saying you have limited growing room. You own a beast!!

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Why repot? The pot is likely irrelevant. IF you can hang it up, it will turn into a ball. Beautiful!

Iguess it could stay in the pot. Medium is long degraded so if it was a problem, the plant would have shown signs of it by now. If I repot it means going up a size, and this thing is heavy enough as it is! (7 lbs last I stuck on a scale)

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

And now I understand why you keep saying you have limited growing room. You own a beast!!

I was a young and inexperienced grower when I got it, and had no freakin clue what I was getting myself into! And I was fully expecting to kill it before size got to be an issue. I was very very wrong about that. I'm glad I have a large apartment and balcony!

[tmoney]

i really like maxillarias! that is one awesome plant....

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by tmoney

i really like maxillarias! that is one awesome plant....

I'm fairly certain that this is one of the few orchids which can be successfully grown from cuttings. Give me a shout if you want a piece in your future package.

[tmoney]

Originally Posted by camille1585

I'm fairly certain that this is one of the few orchids which can be successfully grown from cuttings. Give me a shout if you want a piece in your future package.

for sure, we would absolutely love some cuttings of it! the habit reminds me of the variablis...and the flowers look quite nice. thanks for offering!