Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.
Many perks! <...more...>
|
11-29-2018, 09:38 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Zone: 8b
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Age: 44
Posts: 10,186
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by WeirdGuySeattle
Love this thread, and would love even more the accompanying thread (for those growing in pots) how you re-pot these guys!!!
|
I use orchiata bark so my plants usually outgrow the pot before the media breaks down, so I usually just take the existing pot, throw it in a larger pot, and add media.
---------- Post added at 08:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:37 PM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by Selmo
Here are a couple of pictures of those beloved roots
Photo 1,2 hybrid dendrobium, no medium, just hanging on a wire
Photo 3 cattleya roots, what happens when you don’t move your plants from time to time. And it is time to repot.
|
Looks great!
|
12-25-2018, 09:01 PM
|
Jr. Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 18
|
|
this is my unruly one
|
Post Thanks / Like - 2 Likes
|
|
|
12-26-2018, 09:19 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Zone: 8b
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Age: 44
Posts: 10,186
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brev
this is my unruly one
|
Wow, that's a lot of roots!
|
12-27-2018, 05:05 AM
|
Jr. Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 18
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by isurus79
Wow, that's a lot of roots!
|
And I have no idea as to how I should repot this one. Many people suggest me to do it anyway, but I still don't have the courage to take action
|
11-29-2018, 12:05 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2015
Zone: 5b
Location: West Central Missouri
Posts: 369
|
|
Here are a couple of pictures of those beloved roots
Photo 1,2 hybrid dendrobium, no medium, just hanging on a wire
Photo 3 cattleya roots, what happens when you don’t move your plants from time to time. And it is time to repot.
|
Post Thanks / Like - 2 Likes
|
|
|
12-27-2018, 08:49 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Zone: 8b
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Age: 44
Posts: 10,186
|
|
Just put it in a larger pot and don’t take it out the current pot, unless the media is at risk of breaking down within the next few years.
|
12-28-2018, 10:13 PM
|
Jr. Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 18
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by isurus79
Just put it in a larger pot and don’t take it out the current pot, unless the media is at risk of breaking down within the next few years.
|
Let ne find a bigger pot then
|
11-20-2019, 11:40 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2019
Zone: 10b
Location: South Florida, East Coast
Posts: 5,838
|
|
resurrecting this thread...because....well because roots are awesome!
this Myr/Schom humboltii is a root monster
Plants, yo by J Solo, on Flickr
Plants, yo by J Solo, on Flickr
Plants, yo by J Solo, on Flickr
__________________
All the ways I grow are dictated by the choices I have made and the environment in which I live. Please listen and act accordingly
--------------------------------------------------------------
Rooted in South Florida....
Zone 10b, Baby! Hot and wet
#MoreFlowers Insta
#MoreFlowers Flickr
Last edited by DirtyCoconuts; 11-20-2019 at 11:20 PM..
|
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
|
|
|
11-27-2019, 12:37 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2019
Zone: 10b
Location: South Florida, East Coast
Posts: 5,838
|
|
I wanted to share what i found when i repotted this Zygo….can anyone guess what shape the old pot was?? LOL
Rose of the desert by J Solo, on Flickr
Rose of the desert by J Solo, on Flickr
__________________
All the ways I grow are dictated by the choices I have made and the environment in which I live. Please listen and act accordingly
--------------------------------------------------------------
Rooted in South Florida....
Zone 10b, Baby! Hot and wet
#MoreFlowers Insta
#MoreFlowers Flickr
|
Post Thanks / Like - 4 Likes
|
|
|
11-28-2019, 09:39 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2013
Zone: 7a
Location: North Plainfield, NJ
Posts: 2,811
|
|
I have photos to share. Since my rented greenhouse is a 45 min drive from my house, I use a variety of potting media to suit my watering schedule (once a week in winter, twice a week in summer).
The first is an Aerides odorata growing in an 8" octagonal Vanda basket filled with spaghnum & bark (about 3:1).
The 2nd is a Paph that was in a plastic pot, filled with same mix.
Message: As long as you don't over-water, spaghnum remains an excellent medium for most orchids. I also use it for all Cattleyas in 2" & 3" pots, then they graduate into a bark/charcoal/perlite mix.
__________________
Kim (Fair Orchids)
Founder of SPCOP (Society to Prevention of Cruelty to Orchid People), with the goal of barring the taxonomists from tinkering with established genera!
I am neither a 'lumper' nor a 'splitter', but I refuse to re-write millions of labels.
|
Post Thanks / Like - 3 Likes
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:23 AM.
|