Maria's growing spaces/orchids, etc. (picture heavy) - Orchid Board

peeweelovesbooks · #1 08-12-2013, 12:29 AM

I've been organizing, cleaning and mounting for several weeks now. Next year, I'm going to have some shelves made because I'm tired of the rusty ugly shelves. Anyway, here is a picture album of my growing spaces, along with closeups of specific orchids. I hope you all enjoy it.

Vanda Maria Bos. Not many flowers, and they were damaged by insects. Boo.

Grammatophyllum wallesi and Cyrtopodium punctatum. They are potted in a mix of River rock and hydroton.

My Baby Grammatophyllum speciosum. That's a 19-inch clay pot.

Some Grammatophyllum hybrids:

Some root love from my Gramms

another one.......

A Schomburkgia baby from SBOE. I purchased this back in 2010 and I think it's about ready to be mounted.

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A Cattleya Guatemalensis. I want to mount it.

This is where my Grammatophyllum I posted several pictures a few weeks back lives. It was getting dehydrated inside, so, even though it's still got the spike, I put it outside.

My Grammatophyllum var. citrinum. It didn't bloom this year but has been growing steadily

This is its root system:

I LOVE Laelia anceps, and have many in my collection. These are some of the ones that are in spike. Some, birds broke the emerging spike. Blech.

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I've been mounting lots of orchids on cedar slabs. Without exception, the orchids have taken to this faster than any other wood I've used. Here are some pictures:

This is a Myrmecophila hybrid:

Another Myrmecophila hybrid from Motes Orchids. I bought this in 2012 and it's itty bitty.

A Laelia splendida. I almost lost this plant until I decided to mount it, bare root, on a cedar basket. It has no medium at all.

A Myrmecophila hybrid I bought from Plantio la Orquidea in 2012.

Another Myrmecpophila hybrid from Plantio la Orquidea:

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Another Myrmecophila hybrid from Motes Orchids purchased in 2012:

An Aerides Punchinello that's growing a spike.

Some more mounted orchids:

Two Laelia anceps (one is spike) A purpurata, a Laelia tenebrosa 'Maria Fumaca' division I just purchased, and a Cattleya hybrid whose name escapes me but that I know I purchased from S. Christofferson back in 2012.

This is a new growth on the Cattleya hybrid:

The Maria Fumaca is putting out new growth and new roots!

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Some SBOE Babies (they are getting chubbettos), 2 Laelia superbiens 'Don Hubert Cross' and some Myrmecophila hybrids:

More root love from the Laelia superbiens:

Some more mounts:

I mounted this two weeks ago and here's the root development:

Here's a Christensonia vietnamica in bud:

This is the slab onto which the Christensonia is mounted. The root is peeking out already. I think I can remove the twine.

Call_Me_Bob · #2 08-12-2013, 12:35 AM

Glad to hear from you Maria!! Are you feeling any better?

peeweelovesbooks · #3 08-12-2013, 12:38 AM

Some more Grammatophyllum. The leaves burned because I put them out in full sun initially.

This is an Encyclia rufa. It's not bloomed for me and I thought it didn't have any roots. Today, I broke the pot where it was potted. I guess I was wrong. I don't know what to do with it? Any suggestions?

Also, another Grammatophyllum and a Cattleya in the background:

This is Grammatophyllum scriptum var. Kilanii. I wanted to mount it because it was not doing much of anything while potted. It was too small to use twine, so I used a rubber band. It fell apart in two pieces when I removed it from the pot, so it's got a twin:

Two vandas, some seedlings, a Potinara, The two Mini Gramms, and back hanging from the side, is a new hybrid I purchased from Ruben in Orchids this week. I need to mount it but I have run out of mounts:

My new Eulophia petersii:

Another growing shelf: Some Cattleya hybrids, another Laelia anceps in a cedar basket, and on the opposite corner, one of the first Cattleyas I bought; which was in 2009.

My new Oncidium sphacelatum and the big Momma Dendrobium moschatum.

The biggest Keikis:

Thanks for looking!

CTB · #4 08-12-2013, 02:04 AM

Enjoyed Seeing all your plants. A frame with lattice fencing would be good for all the mounted orchids. when I built my greenhouse out of lattice fencing I really didn't't realize how much hanging room that gave me. It also would be pretty with the wood mounts. glad you're back working in the orchids

vjo · #5 08-12-2013, 04:30 AM

Loved seeing all those roots! The new roots on the Gramm. are soooo cool. That is what I strive for. I just mounted an Enc. on a board last week hoping that it will soon latch on.
Nice growing Maria....Jean

PS. Where do you get all those neat clay pots?

Orchidgirl83 · #6 08-12-2013, 02:12 PM

That looks like a lot of very happy orchids you have there! Those Gramm. roots are wild looking

peeweelovesbooks · #7 08-12-2013, 08:15 PM

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PS. Where do you get all those neat clay pots?

Hi there. I get them at Banjong Orchids in Homestead.

They have tons of designs.

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Glad to hear from you Maria!! Are you feeling any better?

Hi! Thanks! I'm feeling better, thanks! It's sometimes touch and go but much better than before.

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Enjoyed Seeing all your plants. A frame with lattice fencing would be good for all the mounted orchids. when I built my greenhouse out of lattice fencing I really didn't realize how much hanging room that gave me. It also would be pretty with the wood mounts. glad you're back working in the orchids

Thanks. yeah, I'm working on the lattice next. I realize I need different shelves.