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09-13-2021, 01:14 AM
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09-23-2021, 08:19 AM
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That is just insane!!! 
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I'm proud of this little fella right now, seems to be liking its new place and medium 
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10-02-2021, 06:13 PM
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Barkeria lindleyana - it used to be mounted, but eventually the mount just disintegrated. I picked out the pieces, and the roots were in such a tight mass that I couldn't see an easy way to get another one to have any use. So I just put a zip tie through the mass of roots to have something to attach a hanger to, and it has continued to grow, bloom, make new growths. Barkerias don't seem to get particularly intimate with mounts. I have also placed them in plastic baskets with no medium, again just to have a way to hang them. Put them in pots, they die. After blooming, leaves are lost, the spike eventually dries up but I have learned (the hard way) not to cut it - the following year when the new growth and new spikes are established, I snap off the brittle part. But the old, leafless canes are the closest thing that it has to pseudobulbs, look dead but they aren't.
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10-03-2021, 08:03 AM
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Roberta can probably tell you what genera this orchid is by the fat fleshy roots.
The roots pushed the plant up and blew out the side of its plastic pot.
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10-03-2021, 12:02 PM
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A Cymbidium of course... but I'm cheating, the string of photos of which this is a part does identify it as such. So no mystery there... 
But there aren't a lot of orchids that break a 1 gallon (4 l) pot in just a year. Yes you CAN grow - and also bloom - Cymbidiums in south Florida... you just have to have the right Cymbidiums for the environment.
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10-03-2021, 02:31 PM
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A Cymbidium of course... but I'm cheating, the string of photos of which this is a part does identify it as such. So no mystery there... |
?? I've never posted a photo of this plant. ??
Maybe you're thinking of Dirtycoconuts' plant. The root masses have a similar appearance, and both broke their pots.
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10-03-2021, 02:38 PM
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?? I've never posted a photo of this plant. ??
Maybe you're thinking of Dirtycoconuts' plant. They root masses have a similar appearance, and both broke their pots.
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Did look the same as DC's photo. Sorry. Other Cymbidae such as Gramatophyllum likely can do that too. I am sure there are others... hint, don't put that one in the bedroom, it could grab you by the neck when you are asleep!  |
10-04-2021, 07:28 PM
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When watering in the greenhouse today, this plant (Rth. Psycho Bride) suddenly reminded me of this thread.
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10-04-2021, 07:40 PM
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Psycho indeed! That one is taking over the place!
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10-05-2021, 01:27 AM
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When watering in the greenhouse today, this plant (Rth. Psycho Bride) suddenly reminded me of this thread.
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