repotting Brassalova Little Stars

[WhiteRabbit]

Agree that the center of pot is often a "dead zone". Media may never dry completely there.

I also like to use a small inverted net or orchid pot in the center, or tuck a bit of styrofoam into the center of the root mass.

[DavidCampen]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Agree that the center of pot is often a "dead zone". Media may never dry completely there.

I also like to use a small inverted net or orchid pot in the center, or tuck a bit of styrofoam into the center of the root mass.

Using an inverted net pot is now my standard potting technique. I use one of these mesh pots inside my 4" to 8" diameter terra cotta pots:
Amazon.com: 2 Inch Round Orchid/Hydroponics Slotted Mesh Net Pot - 10 Pack: Patio, Lawn & Garden
(This reminds me that I need to order some more of these.)

I cut off the solid portion at the top of the mesh pot leaving a thin solid band to hold the mesh ribs together but I also notch all the way through the solid band at 4 places around the circumference so that water can drain completely through the center hole of the terra cotta pot. The cut down mesh pot is then placed, inverted, in the center of the terra cotta pot over the center hole and some perlite or leca is placed around the inverted mesh pot to keep it centered

[VickiC]

Thanks for the link, David...
Vicki

Originally Posted by DavidCampen

Using an inverted net pot is now my standard potting technique. I use one of these mesh pots inside my 4" to 8" diameter terra cotta pots:
Amazon.com: 2 Inch Round Orchid/Hydroponics Slotted Mesh Net Pot - 10 Pack: Patio, Lawn & Garden
(This reminds me that I need to order some more of these.)

I cut off the solid portion at the top of the mesh pot leaving a thin solid band to hold the mesh ribs together but I also notch all the way through the solid band at 4 places around the circumference so that water can drain completely through the center hole of the terra cotta pot. The cut down mesh pot is then placed, inverted, in the center of the terra cotta pot over the center hole and some perlite or leca is placed around the inverted mesh pot to keep it centered

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I have a good sized plastic storage box full of mounts of different sizes put away. I've never had a whole lot of mounting space in my greenhouse, but I mis-estimated back when I bought them and now I'm practically out of mounting space. I wish I could give them to you.
Vicki

Originally Posted by Leafmite

Brassavola are very happy on mounts. I have a Little Stars and a nodosa happily mounted bare root. The other Little Stars parent, cordata (?), a tiny division, is bare root in a net pot, waiting for me to buy a decent piece of cork. It doesn't seem to mind.
I use the net pot in the middle idea, too, for some of my other orhids.