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Old 05-08-2015, 05:38 AM
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Mine arrived today!
I think we bought it at the same nursery Camile
It came mounted, my first mounted one actually, so am a little nervous about the watering!
I didn't really like the wood it is mounted on and it was put on with staples, don't know if that is such a good idea either, wondering if it is a good idea to take it off the mount and put it on the better looking branch of grape wood i have here or to leave on this mount staples and all and just see what happens. idea's on what to do are welcome
Claessen? I'm ordering before the weekend so it will ship on Monday. I already got a Podangis from him last summer (3 well established plants on 1 mount!) but I really have trouble with mounts and they died one by one. So the new one will be potted up as soon as I get it, that's how I had successfully grown my first Podangis 5-6 years ago. Which died of rot one rainy summer when I forgot the plant outside...
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I have to be honest i am worrying about the effect of the staples on the roots too. Today i took off a few dead roots with tweezers, cleaned it up a bit so it would look even better on the picture attached

I am thinking about potting them up too, i realise the need to keep them hydrated enough seems an impossible task on this piece of what looks like cedar wood without placing them in a terrarium of some sorts or am i wrong?

And yes Camille i got it from Claessen too
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I've had one for about 18 months. I'm growing mine in a plastic net pot inside a clay pot. It seems to be doing OK, but I would say it isn't thriving. So !'m looking forward to learning what works for all of you!
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Pixi, looking at your picture of your stapled Podangis...I am reminded of Tolumnia orchid...that plant is described as an equitant--like Podangis. There are also similarities in appearance and cultural requirements. Except Podangis seem to like more heat and humidity.

My plant is in a pot, growing in Orchiata, pumice, and coal chunks. Since it is in that media, I'm thinking of getting another Podangis and growing it like Tolumnia.
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I ordered mine with my pre-order for the MOS show! Yay, no shipping and I will get a discount! They had the Amesiella as well. Woot!
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I ordered mine with my pre-order for the MOS show! Yay, no shipping and I will get a discount! They had the Amesiella as well. Woot!

Congratulations--great timing on the purchase. please post a picture of your plant--the Podangis here and the Amesiella monticola over there!

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Got mine yesterday! Both project orders arrived the same day. Traveling with the Podangis were Dendrobium tetragonum var. giganteum, Oncidium Kutoo CT Little Cherry, Slc. Bright Circle, and Oncidium ornithorhynchum

So here is my Podangis. It's from the same grower as Pixi, so it's also stapled to the mount. I regret killing the one I got in the fall, those were very well established on their mount. But i'm not going to complain, this one was only 7€ so fine with me if it's a freshly mounted plant!

Seeing my track record with mounts, I want to pot this one. But I have no idea what is the best potting medium for this orchid. Thoughts?
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Camille, my potted Podangis came in Orchiata bark, pumice and charcoal. It was very loosely packed. It is really a good price you and Pixi got for a three growth plant. My single growth plant was US$20.00 I just bought a mounted one for US$23.
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This grower tends to be cheap, and I remember when I was visiting the greenhouses a bit over 2 years ago that he had a bunch of these in flasks in their lab. So these are home grown, and probably why they cost less.

I might pot one and mount one. I've been researching on internet, and it seems that they overall do better mounted. I just got a new vase that could work well to keep a mount inside (to raise the humidity a bit), and add some sphag over the roots of the mounted one.

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I should have asked about the potting before I ordered. I ordered bark (no orchiata here) but not charcoal or perlite...
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Yours actually looks bigger then mine Camille!

Mine is still hanging in my kitchen haven't had the time to put it anywhere else yet ( stomach bug going around the house and birthdays to celebrate) but it seems to like where it is for now i guess since the leaves are slowly fanning out. i spray the roots in the morning, sometimes like the day before yesterday when ( for The Netherlands) it was warm i misted it a little as soon as the sun was out of my kitchen.
i also took one staple out ( and broke a root ) and surprisingly the plant was attached to the wood, then i tried to take out the other two but that was impossible because the roots were growing up and over the staples.. so i am hoping the staples are not going to rust because i see no way of getting the plants free of them..

i am curious about the Oncidium Kutoo CT Little Cherry, was it in spike? It was on my list too!
i'm going to visit the nursery at the end of this month to pick up my new C. Maxima and probably come back with a lot more...
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