a mounted Catasetum experiment.

[DirtyCoconuts]

last year, jerk face lizards ate all the spikes on my entire catasetum collection.

i had one plant, Monn millenium withcraft which had 4 spikes eaten....i was particularly upset about that one.

for some reason I chose that plant for this experiment.


i do not call this concluded as this season is not over and i do not know if it will flower which will be a huge factor in evaluating the experiment.

I feel that it is a failure already since the pbulb last year was 14" long and none of this years are even close to that...but it is a drastically different culture and there are three growths instead of one.


i will say for sure...the plant likes to grab the mount and look for water...the Areca palm totem is great

Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr


Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr




i have a basket of leca, sphag and rockwool around the base of the plant and i water it daily (ish)


more pics once it stops raining