Should Growing Cattleyas in Wine Bottle Corks Be a Crime?

[DirtyCoconuts]

Crime? No. Only because then it is between the government and the offender.

We need to handle this one with some orchid street justice !!

[estación seca]

I don't think they're Cattleyas.

[wisdomseeker]

Mine prefer a cheap Chianti

[Shadeflower]

Originally Posted by estación seca

I don't think they're Cattleyas.

I really don't think that is the point whether it is a dendrobium or a cattleya considering either will end up in the bin. It could be either. Made me laugh though

[estación seca]

There are plenty of orchids that will grow well on a single cork, as wisdomseeker demonstrated. Same with Tillandsias. In a typical kitchen on a refrigerator, perhaps not so many. Not very many Cattleyas unless you include Sophronitis.

[wisdomseeker]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

Crime? No. Only because then it is between the government and the offender.

We need to handle this one with some orchid street justice !!

My kind of lawyer!

[K-Sci]

Originally Posted by Dusty Ol' Man

Are they glued in? Are they cheap? If the answers are no/yes, then I'll take a dozen and try to save em. Surprise me with some success and maybe a blossom or two.

I don't think they're glued in.

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I bet y'all expected to see something like these when you clicked on the link:

[estación seca]

An excellent grower in our society pots Tolumnias like this: She forces four corks vertically into a rectangular pot just big enough to hold them in one layer, with substantial compression - there should be no movement at all. She sets the bare-root Tolumnia into the central gap. No other medium. I don't have a photo. I'm doing this next time I get a Tolumnia (soon.)

[SouthPark]

Nice. But under our watchful eyes ----- it can be seen that those particular corks aren't even discoloured in any way. They look like brand new. If the orchids were grown for a fair bit of time ----- we expect that the cork would be discoloured.

Also - the white tile floor ----- I expect that regular watering would probably mean water getting onto the floor.

[Ben_in_North_FLA]

never throw away corks, the make great potting media...