New Growth Porn

[DirtyCoconuts]

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

[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.

[farley101]

Kim,

I picked up one of these based on your first post! It had 5 pseudobulbs when I got it, but they seemed pretty skinny and small compared to the new growth. It has put out 2 more this summer, hoping to get some blooms this fall/winter.

It is a pretty large plant, but I'm glad to make some room for it.

[DirtyCoconuts]

i counted 10 new growths on this Maxalria

Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr

[Clawhammer]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

i counted 10 new growths on this Maxalria

Got that one pointed in the right direction!

[Mr.Fakename]

Is it new growth in reaction to the chemical bath it received? How are your babies recovering?

[DirtyCoconuts]

Lol. Fortunate this one was not “cooked”

I lost about 20 plants and learned a very valuable lesson

Thanks for the concern