https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...4ndfJnp-X2.jpg

see what looking at roots found for me..almost plucked it thinking it was old leaf..duh!!

actually I was leading the wayward roots back into moss for a little weave. roots get weaves too.

the other side of root porn was bud porn :)

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...ChX7JSr-X2.jpg

cutherberts roots. the man said it was time to mount them up or move into larger pots. from 1.5 "- 2.5" :)


These are grown in new zealand sphagnum and clay pots

Here's a "before and after" of a very happy coerulea hybrid: C. Sea Breeze x Lc. Lois McNeil. I can't find pictures of this cross but both parents are beautiful!

I left this cattleya at my parents' home probably a decade ago and cut off a nearly rootless piece back in December just to practice rooting divisions. Today, I had to cut the plastic pot off the root system to slip-pot into a larger container. This is one happy plant!

I'm ready to see blooms on this one!

David

I guess you can stop practicing now :)

So pretty!!! Mine is doing fairly well now, Its pushing out its 3rd new leaf in the past 6 months, but the root growth is very slow. Whats the fragrance like?

Hygrochilus parishii/Phal. hygrochila...I don't have the vocabulary to really describe fragrance... it is not strong, but sweet and pleasant. Stronger when it's sunny and warm. It's still in bloom - first flowers opened May 25 - but as flowers age they tend to lose fragrance, and for the moment it is cloudy and cool so I'm not getting anything. Will check later in the day to see if any develops to give a better description.

Sounds lovely!

Phalaenopsis KS Samera x Four Rainbows

one month root check for the OB. :)

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...FSQ9W8R-X2.jpg

okey I threw plant porn in too!!
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...VNW6fZG-X2.jpg

back to the root of the porn.
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...fM7J79t-X2.jpg

Phalaenopsis KS Samera

:biggrin:

Oooh! For some reason, the lack of any pattern or texture on those squishy roots reminds me of gummy worms... Though I'm sure they wouldnt taste the same

https://i.postimg.cc/c18TS8pK/20220720-164846.jpg
Oooh, they're both almost there!

I love how this thread keeps going and going and going!! So much porn....

roots dont often get enough attention when flowers are the big draw.

growers, (...after you've killed 1000) like some of us have graduated into, appreciate a good root system just as much as wonderful flower :)

:rofl:
I had to post because I saw roots that looked too good to not memorialize! My first thought was, "oh now THAT belongs on that giant-a$$ thread"

David

Im thinking this "porn" thing is attracting too many ODD guest. google porn and orchids and you get orchid board porn :(

I mean, I'm fine with that! :rofl::rofl:

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I hope you all like my modest contribution. This Prosthechea sp. just doesnt like its pot! Its surprising to me that its putting out so many considering I'm just growing in an apartment, no humidifier or greenhouse.

Looks like a happy plant. These tend to like to escape from their pots. When you water, you can keep those aerial roots happy with a heavy misting from a spray bottle (enough to turn them green)

https://i.postimg.cc/1XQTP80T/20220722-182652-2.jpg Furry ones are fine with me! Bulbophyllum lasiochilum

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...9swkDdB-X2.jpg

I named this one Casper :). He is Groot!!!

and Sophie Arizona. Shes gonna be a hottie!!

https://photos.smugmug.com/SVO-mini-...ona%201-X2.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/SVO-mini-...arizone-X2.jpg

keep ya updated :waving

I have a couple orchids I've thought about posting here, but here's one of my more crazy ones...

Dendrobium Bullenianum. I was told it likes to grow in baskets, well, it does... Sort of...

As you can see it's packed the small basket it was put into a long time ago and they just keep going. I was told this orchid doesn't like to dry out during periods of growth, well, mine never dries out really ever. It's so thirsty that I sit a tray of water underneath the basket put wicks from the tray into the pot because I got tired of constantly watering it.

It's randomly in flower throughout the year and happenned to be this week on one of it's earliest growths. Took a shot of those as well.

Oooh, nice and curly!

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I've NEVER seen roots as freaky as that second pic! They look like p-bulbs and flowers!!! You nasty!

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Oh, I got so shook up I didn't even notice it's a Dendrobium. Canes and flowers I should say. You young'ns with your weird kinks!

This is an old yellow phal that I bought from the Nortons’ as a seedling in 2011.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Cuthberts...thberts-X2.jpg

not bad after a few months of my over care :)

blast off!
 

hahaha, cute little thang!

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Cattleya loddigesii root tips looking juicy!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1350082f_b.jpgCattleya loddigesii roots by Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis, on Flickr

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Cattleya purpurata roots got away from me. Adding media to the new pot.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c4508634_b.jpgCattleya purpurata roots by Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis, on Flickr

this guy....get a room!!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2867e641_c.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr

and one in my hand for reference

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...410af4e0_c.jpgUntitled by J Solo, on Flickr

neofinetia (vanda) falcata Hisui
 

yes scientists call it a vanda, but true neo growers will not! fukiran!

I'm not changing MY tags, and I just grow a few not-special Neos. The lumping may inform relationships, but masks all sorts of useful information when actually growing them!
Those are BEAUTIFUL roots!

Rhyncholaelia digbyana 'Mrs. Chase' AM/AOS
 

a bit exuberant? (also in bud!)

https://i.imgur.com/O8HEivE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/yVthFFF.jpg

That is one happy plant! I wouldn't bother trying to repot, just put the whole thing into a larger pot, no more medium. The space between the pots has enough extra humidity to make roots extremely happy. Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, a grower near me, does that... I have bought plants that, on repotting, had 5 or 6 pots-within-pots and roots-roots.

Roberta, you just read my mind ...I am dealing with pot size, and the fact of adding more medium or not. The problem is that I don't find a lot of widths pot around here and the ones I got are way too wide to just drop it without any medium. My second option was a clay pot, but I never use straight a clay pot, just as a second pot.



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Or do you mean, without breaking the actual pot? 🤔
I normally have them inside a Clay pot.

I think those look great. Just let them run wild. The roots don't really need anything except to be protected from bumping, and to keep them somewhat organized. The clay pots will also hold some moisture when you water. I don't think any medium is needed. I have found that Catts grow best once they escape the pot, which tells me they didn't want to be in one.

🙏 thank you

on the other end of the spectrum https://photos.smugmug.com/2023-Cyms...%5B1%5D-X2.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/2023-Cyms...%5B1%5D-X2.jpg

near blooming size :)

Tasty little noodles! Good parents on the walkeriana, too!

Yep, those roots are amazing. And Ben's breeding lines are so good. I can't wait to see his lists each new month!

cattleya (now guarianthe) skinneri 'Waldor'. I guess I should be happy the cattleyas are putting out roots but now they are starting to root into their neighbor's pots!

Ah, lovely pics as usual from this thread! I wonder if birds ever eat the red root tips of orchids in situ.. They sure do look like tasty little berries