Phalaenopsis gigantea - long term growing project

[Mr.Fakename]

Originally Posted by tmoney

edit to add, curses to the link to asendorfer. cause of course i looked and they have the starship x self in bloom size for €150! the boss won’t go for that one, but daaaang that thing looks sweet!

For some reason, Starship smells like burnt plastic instead of the citrusy fragrance of regular gigantea. Definitely a must have, I guess?

[Thriodien]

How R U gonna detangle the roots from this basket once you need to repot? I'm always dreading it!

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Thriodien

How R U gonna detangle the roots from this basket once you need to repot? I'm always dreading it!

It's in leca, so I don't expect to need to repot anytime soon! If I do I'll either drop it into a larger net pot without touching it, or cut the current net pot off of it.

[SADE2020]

I am still with my babies

[tmoney]

those look like nice strong seedlings, sade. i probly missed in the thread, but how long have you had them?

[SADE2020]

Thanks, they actually looking good, even bigger nowadays, since that pic is from a month ago.

I open the jar in early Dec. 2020

Very slow growers!!

[tmoney]

gotcha, nice! so did you buy a flask of them or was it your flask? only asking cause we are starting to buy more seedlings so sort of on the hunt for reputable flask sellers....for future reference of course!

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by tmoney

gotcha, nice! so did you buy a flask of them or was it your flask? only asking cause we are starting to buy more seedlings so sort of on the hunt for reputable flask sellers....for future reference of course!

I recognize the label, it's a mini flask from Roelke orchideen. If you something you'd better hurry as they'll be putting up the website of the new owner (eucugenera) in the coming days. Not sure if they'll still be offering flasks!

Edit: I recall having seen a vendor several times over the years at a local show who mostly sells (species) flasks. I will try to remember the name of the vendor....

[K-Sci]

This is an update on the P. gigantea I posted about in early September. The first photo was taken today today (11-20-2021), the second one was taken 2-1/2 months ago (9-8-2021). All three are putting out new leaves. The largest has developed a few new roots that are running throughout the pot. The seedlings don't seem to have as many root, but still growing well. The seedlings are growing in sphagnum, the larger one in a mixture of 50% bark and 50% LECA.

I could easily be wrong, but an early impression, having grown these for only about 3 months, is that the slow growth rate of this species may result from extended inactive periods between when a leaf matures and when the next one begins growing. The leaves on all three if these appear to be growing at a normal rate.

Now - all three have new leaves coming in.


9-8-2021 - None of these plants had a new leaf coming in.




-Keith

[SADE2020]

@Camille that will be great! Some of the other Germans used to have, but I don't find any no commercial Flask anymore

Yes, my are mini flask from Rolken.