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Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-17-2025, 12:17 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,316
Posted By MN Tomato
Laelias photo

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There it is! The black pot behind is a 4" pot of pepper seedlings for scale.
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-17-2025, 12:10 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,316
Posted By MN Tomato
Thank you, estación seca! When I repotted them...

Thank you, estación seca! When I repotted them from their 2" Hauserman pots into the clay, I just slid them out and filled in around them in the new pot without doing anything with the roots, and...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-16-2025, 11:18 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,316
Posted By MN Tomato
Is Laelia purpurata a roots or shoots first?

My seedlings (when do you stop calling them seedlings?) are getting tippy in their pots, and starting new shoots but I don’t see roots starting yet. I don’t remember how it went last spring and it’s...
Forum: Dendrobium Alliance 01-17-2024, 05:50 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,272
Posted By MN Tomato
Interesting! Thank you for the quick reply. I...

Interesting! Thank you for the quick reply. I wonder what the reason is for the difference in response. This one is also getting a lot of artificial light since in the winter the sun angle is too low...
Forum: Dendrobium Alliance 01-17-2024, 03:52 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,272
Posted By MN Tomato
Hi jiblylegs, just happened to see your post...

Hi jiblylegs,

just happened to see your post while browsing. I ALSO got one of those D. loddigesi from Hausermann, but in late Oct. 2023. It has not "done" anything since, which I sort of expected...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 11-28-2023, 06:36 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,192
Posted By MN Tomato
Thank you all! I have seen the photos of...

Thank you all! I have seen the photos of brassavolas with lots of air roots (I spend the winter evenings working my way through the back pages of Orchidboard ha ha) but many are posted by people from...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 11-24-2023, 03:53 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,192
Posted By MN Tomato
What to do with very small cattleya air roots

So given that my first 2-inch potted cattleyas from Hausermann have now survived their first year with me, I decided to celebrate with the second annual "Winter is Coming" order this October.
...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 02-07-2023, 01:36 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,765
Posted By MN Tomato
I just split one of my cymbidiums in six parts...

I just split one of my cymbidiums in six parts and am looking for someone to pawn them off on down here in the metro ... Does really well with the inside/outside thing and low winter humidity. ;)
Forum: Terrarium Gardening 01-31-2023, 01:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,161
Posted By MN Tomato
Frog update!

After much anxious reading of frog forums, the frog has been containerized! In a sort-of terrarium made from one of our large (15") outdoor pots. It has a top made from a large clear plastic...
Forum: Terrarium Gardening 01-11-2023, 11:05 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,161
Posted By MN Tomato
Thank you both for the very helpful cricket...

Thank you both for the very helpful cricket information! The leftover crickets are now comfortably ensconced in a jar with a bit of cantelope and lettuce leaf, and a small wad of wet paper towel.
...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 01-11-2023, 10:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,074
Posted By MN Tomato
Really, I did not know that they're OK getting...

Really, I did not know that they're OK getting that dry. Although I guess there are Australian species and they must be adapted to that so it makes sense. It does make me feel a bit better about my...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 01-11-2023, 07:43 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,074
Posted By MN Tomato
Hi, I am another member of Midwestern Cymbidiums...

Hi, I am another member of Midwestern Cymbidiums Anonymous and I wanted to tell you that although I did not succumb to the charms of Joe's cyms, I was enabled by your post to buy a batch of seedlings...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 01-11-2023, 07:25 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,338
Posted By MN Tomato
They will love it outside in Ankara. I just...

They will love it outside in Ankara. I just posted a long rambling thread about my favorite cafe in Athens which had huge pots of cymbidiums outside all winter, although it can get a bit colder in...
Forum: Vendor Feedback 01-11-2023, 07:11 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 788
Posted By MN Tomato
A plug for Casa de las Orquideas

All of the Californians probably know about them already, but from what I have heard, in California you can wander out to any random garage sale and find giant pots of blooming cymbidiums for a song....
Forum: Terrarium Gardening 01-11-2023, 06:04 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,161
Posted By MN Tomato
Can anyone help with a tree frog inadvertently brought in for the winter

Hi, this is neither technically terrarium nor orchid,* but from looking at your fabulous setups I know some of you have experience with frogs indoors.

Despite my best efforts in the fall to...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 01-11-2023, 05:25 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,959
Posted By MN Tomato
Thank you, that's what I figured because of what...

Thank you, that's what I figured because of what people have said here on OB. But if there was some key that specified which are house grown I wanted to know! I think Waldor on their price list has a...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 01-09-2023, 05:38 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,959
Posted By MN Tomato
Where do they do this? Not doubting, just out of...

Where do they do this? Not doubting, just out of curiosity. I've ordered seedlings from them and assumed (maybe wrongly?) they were house-grown, but I've never seen notes in any descriptions that...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 03-28-2022, 07:24 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,728
Posted By MN Tomato
My late bloomer

My NOID has finally opened its buds so that I can bring it upstairs.
Forum: Beginner Discussion 02-09-2022, 01:21 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 5,680
Posted By MN Tomato
Scientific and medical Latin and Greek are...

Scientific and medical Latin and Greek are communication tools, so as long as everybody understands the rules and usage within that "dialect" it's all cool. And it's very handy to know things like in...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 02-08-2022, 09:33 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 5,680
Posted By MN Tomato
I don't know so much from orchids, but I have...

I don't know so much from orchids, but I have taught Latin!

alba/albus/album is a Latin adjective meaning "white" (>"albino", "albumin" or egg white)

caerulea or coerulea = "sky colored"...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 01-29-2022, 07:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,096
Posted By MN Tomato
Thank you, that is very interesting and helpful....

Thank you, that is very interesting and helpful. The idea of "extra early" or "a little later" early makes it very clear. My plant (now actually spread into four large nursery pots) is a NOID...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 01-29-2022, 03:24 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,096
Posted By MN Tomato
What makes a cymbidium "early" vs "late"?

So I have this cranky old cymbidium, and I don't want to jinx it so I am only going to say um, there could be something actually happening with it this year. But it only started showing spikes in...
Forum: Introductions - Break the Ice ! 12-14-2021, 06:40 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 878
Posted By MN Tomato
Hello from Minnesota

Hi, my name is Susanne.

I am bad at choosing usernames, and I happened to have my saved tomato seeds in front of me when I registered.

I have lurked for a long time because I am engaged in a...
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