I got the Epi. parkinsonianum as a bare root division import and immediately mounted. It... did not do well. It would not root and steadily lost its leaves. As a last ditch effort, I threw it in water... and it seems to be responding. Once I get a new growth going in water culture, I may try mounting it again with far more sphag.

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I feel like I bought / ate them just so that I'd have containers for my catasetums, haha. They were delicious!


I couldn't find shallow pots larger than 12 inches (bulb pans and azalea pots) so I had to go to a planter pot specialty shop here that carried enormous bonsai pots. I was debating on using a wire mesh from homedepot but this looks better than anything I can muster.

For that Epi parkinsonianum, this is that "group"... got it from Cal Orchid in early 2017. I think there were about 6 plants in there, puts on a rather good show. The open side of the basket is pointing dowward, it was packed with sphag. For yours, a similar basket sideways - the plant on the "closed" side so it has lots of places to grab, sphag within the basket (held in place with wires, or egg crate or some type of mesh) might do the trick - the sphag stays moist, but the plant can grow the way it wants to go normally.

I'll repeat its habitat is dripping wet most of the summer. I had one growing well on a mount from Andys. It got sprayed with water on a timer every morning. It was eaten by rats.

Thanks, I recently got one from Andy and it is not doing well outdoors... and mine is being bitten by some critter as well. I guess it's tasty. I'll try growing it indoors instead where the humidity is higher. I need those roots!

Any suggestions on what to do with these? Pretty sure they all need to be up-potted. Currently in 7” pots.

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Or hang them up and let them run wild. Clearly they are happy that way. But if they are near where you sleep, beware, they may reach out and strangle you in the night. :rofl:

I suggest they've already decided for you. Hang them up as is and let them ramble, or throw the pot into a basket. They're mounting themselves.

And as Roberta says, keep a sharp pair of shears next to your bedside, if they're anywhere near where you sleep. Just in case.

LOL, you two! I would like to hang them as that seems the way to go to keep them from getting stuck to the drain tub and each other though I’m kind of hitting a space threshold in the tent and will have to rethink/reorg the setup. Appreciate the input and laugh!

Ummmm.... get a bigger tent? :biggrin:

Don’t tempt me! Or I might just have to turn the basement into an orchidarium like clawhammer!