Pics...new roots - Orchid Board

cb977 · #1 08-08-2006, 08:34 PM

Here are some pics taken today:

justatypn · #2 08-08-2006, 08:42 PM

Oh my gosh your such a brat...this has been what about 5 weeks since your big chid Primeagra round-up...looks great

I am so jealous. Getting low on medium a must, but gotta be smooth in my asking ...

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cb977 · #3 08-08-2006, 08:47 PM

I'm just amazed by the things happening out there!

Tindomul · #4 08-08-2006, 09:36 PM

Good work Sue!!!!

Oscarman · #5 08-09-2006, 12:47 AM

Your C. Penny Kuroda has fantastic root growth

- what are you using (fert, KLN etc) on your plants?

of course, your light situation seems ideal!

cb977 · #6 08-09-2006, 09:30 AM

Hi Dave,

I use a combination of different fertilizers and always add SuperThrive. I switch which one I'm using each time, and flush them all out on the 4th watering...when I remember

They also get misted ALOT and I have a sprayer that has a fert mixture in it too, so every once in a while, they get a little extra treat.

And yes...the Florida sun does help

Marleneann · #7 10-25-2006, 04:45 AM

Wow!....this S. H. culture is sure working for you.

Tindomul · #8 10-25-2006, 11:55 AM

Sue what kind of Orchid is it? Plus how are they doing?

20jlr · #9 11-02-2006, 09:59 AM

The root growth with S/h is so amazingly quick. What other plants or orchids have you guys grown in S/H

cb977 · #10 11-02-2006, 10:12 AM

That picture is my Cattleya Penny Kuroda. It's growing like wildfire but has yet to produce a flower! I had a sheth on it that stayed empty for MONTHS before slowly dying off but the plant itself is very happy

I console myself with the thought that this sometimes happens with sheaths and it was nothing I did

Still waiting!

I have almost everything in aliflor and clear pots. I'm not actually following the S/H protocol but close enough

I have my paphs in a paph mix and vandas and a few others are free-hanging or in baskets.

I am still struggling with getting the first vanda I bought (a NOID) to "come back". Something happened in last years growth and it looks lousy. It spiked with only one flower on a very short spike

Since then, I've been trying all sorts of changes to kick-start it back into shape. Nothing seems to be working...but this morning I was reading an interesting article in the AOS Orchids magazine which is about growing in S/H...and our friend Ray ( www.firstrays.com ) is in the article!

As I was reading, a thought popped into my head and I decided to go with it...I took my NOID vanda with roots barely attached to a wood basket out of the basket and potted it in aliflor and a clear pot. I figured...nothing else is working and if it doesn't do something good soon, it's garbage anyway, so "why not?"

I'll let you guys know if I see any improvement