New Growth Porn

[Jeff214]

It's actually too big to fit in my trash bin... haha
I'll admit that all the new growths are cool enough.

[DirtyCoconuts]

so this is not the typical new growth porn pic.

i got this plant at the Miami show in January...i grabbed a few plants from this grower and there was bin of bare root catts and myr hybrids and i was looking in and the guy says, "those are back divisions and older unsold divisions, take one if you want a project"
so i grabbed the least ratty one and did not have high hopes...i tried a few things to make it comfortable but given how small it was i could not balance the light with out getting it scorched so i figured...SH!!!

it basically just dragged along bottom for a while but yesterday i noticed some new color and i got closer to see 8 new grows!!! tiny and weak but POPPIN!!!

Green stuff by J Solo, on Flickr

[Jeff214]

wow, 8 on that little thing! nice save DirtyCoconuts.
By the way, do you know what it is or noid?

[DirtyCoconuts]

there is a tag in that algae and leca soup...i'll check next work break

[Clawhammer]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

so this is not the typical new growth porn pic.

i got this plant at the Miami show in January...i grabbed a few plants from this grower and there was bin of bare root catts and myr hybrids and i was looking in and the guy says, "those are back divisions and older unsold divisions, take one if you want a project"
so i grabbed the least ratty one and did not have high hopes...i tried a few things to make it comfortable but given how small it was i could not balance the light with out getting it scorched so i figured...SH!!!

it basically just dragged along bottom for a while but yesterday i noticed some new color and i got closer to see 8 new grows!!! tiny and weak but POPPIN!!!
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This guy might require its own thread!

[Clawhammer]

My Holco dropped 3 of 6 leaves and I was getting a little worried despite previous excellent root growth...

It was just gearing up to put out a big new root, a flower spike (under root) and four basal keikis. Great plant

[DirtyCoconuts]

not the typical growth pic for this thread but, still worth sharing.

my neighbor down the block was throwing away some coconuts and a few had sprouted and the tallest was maybe 1' from the coconut. I planted it on the one month "birthday" of my daughter (random, i just remember the day) so it is 4 years and 2 months old...give or take a day or two.

well over 12' now and giving me a new area to grow more orchid underneath her

Spikes and other nice things by J Solo, on Flickr


this area used to just be for storage and schoms but now i can keep more genus out here too

[sii]

Here are some of my roots! 😍

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by sii

Here are some of my roots! 😍

Totally beautiful! Maybe time to repot?? Suggest terracotta "fern pot" (on the shallow side), weight and broad base for stability.

[Fairorchids]

I started this thread with a story about C. (actually Cattlianthe) Penang 'Black Ceasar'.

In November I purchased a plant for my own collection, which had just finished blooming on 3 leads. Over the winter/spring, it grew 5 new growths, which in turn are in the process of producing 8 more new growths. Thus, come November, I can look forward to this plant blooming on 13 pseudobulbs.

It is a great plant if you want to grow a specimen size plant, but it is not small. The parents are C. Nigrella x Guarianthe bowringiana, so it grows about 18-20" tall.