whats the middle one called DC?
I like how that one is growing.

There are four pics so I am not certain which is the middle lol

They are a Phalaenopsis, I think cornu cervi yellow and bulbophyllum lobbi (2 and 3)

thx DC, it's the bulbophyllum, haven't got any of those yet.
Lovely looking thing.

This is my prostechea garciana which is getting ready to flower in December! I think that was my lack of light causing this one to not do well, now it receives very high light and the roots are taking off.

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So a while ago I remembered seeing a new flower spike. I went to check on the flower spike and although it looks like it's growing that has actually stalled, probably just waiting for spring which is fine. but what amazed me was the root growth since I last checked. It's like this one was fed some steroids. I tried to capture as many of the new roots as I could on this picture, it's hard to see, there's actually 5 new roots coming out of the stem, one just to the right of the 3 chunky ones and there is one starting to poke out right underneath the flower stem. Then on the other side it's the same amount again.

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DIVE DIVE DIVE

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this one is a hoot- if you look you will notice the two branches are equal distance from the plant, it is not really mounted as much as in a web of its own roots!!


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Boy Howdy!!!!!

this one didn't quite want to grow how I had planned but it's interesting to watch it do its thing too

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Gorgeous roots! I also have some that grow better once they escape from the pot. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow. Who can argue with success?

So many good looking roots in this thread!

stephen, I've moved on to measuring pseudobulb diameter :biggrin:

I was going to joke, "boy or girl" when I saw the latest "bumb" on the pseudobulb. I was like whoa what is going on?

But the more I observe it and have thought about it the more I have concluded this Catt is working out, like Arnie it has developed a biceps bulge because of how it is growing. I don't stake my pseudobulbs so you can imagine there will be a huge strain on the connection at the base hence my conclusion this pseudobulb is working out, getting ready to support the huge flowering I am expecting next year :)

Pseudobulb size is definitely a good indicator of plant health!!

Hmmm. I suspect that a pseudobulb porn thread would do as well as this one.

-Keith

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Bifoliates really hate pots...
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beautiful roots on your dowiana jeff.

Haven't seen such a good root explosion on one like yours before! A rare sight but beautiful. And it still looks relatively young I'd guess.

Thanks! Once I started to grow it in hydroton, the roots seemed to take off. In general, it is a vigorous grower - just unforgiving if you make a mistake!

I think it still has two or three more p-bulbs to reach blooming size... maybe 2023. I'll enjoy its roots in the meantime :)

I dunno, I'll wager that one blooms in summer 2022.

I was in the tent giving my 'Miss Joaquim' a drink, when I looked at the 'Gold Digger'. At first I missed it, but something green caught my eye.
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Hi Jeff.. Is that SemiHydro or just Lecca as medium ?

Nice plant!

Hey Dusty! I have that exact same pot!! :rofl:

I think we both fit in here. Fancy Mixed Nuts!:rofl:
Oh, and I'm a biker. We have a saying...No pics, didn't happen.:biggrin:

Question to anyone who does s/h regarding roots like this, that appear above the "leca line". I find that roots rot pretty quickly when they grow above the "soil line" and then plunge into very wet media (most often the airroots stop growing when they just make contact with moist media.) The tops of the roots seem to rot/desiccate quickly. This is most pronounced for me on s/h pottings and catasetum that grow higher up on old bulbs. Do others have this experience? I find roots are much healthier when they are either 100% submerged or 100% aerial.

I haven't experienced any issues with this. As the roots contact the leca, they just keep growing into it. As you can see in the photo, the plant seems to be liking the setup. The 'Gold Digger' has 5 new pseudobulbs since being put in this pot last spring.

Fancy Indeed. Not a biker, former cross country motorcycle fiend. Also old enough to know no pics, didn't happen. And what happens in Mexico stays in Mexico (insert country, state, or city of choice).

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That doesn't happen for me in SH. They either grow down into the medium, or become aerial, but either way are fine. I do attempt to coax them down into medium unless they're growing outside the pot because the plant is trying to escape and growing over the side. Many of my plants aren't well-behaved. That sounds more like a low humidity problem, unless I'm not understanding the question.

Intresting... My humidity is always > 80%

Maybe too much airflow from my greenhouse fan.

Interesting indeed. So humidity ain't the issue. Guess when I have a few minutes, I need to go upstairs and look at roots, see if I can find some examples. Issue is once roots commence growing higher than present LECA level, they push down into LECA then rot?

Correct, also happens with catasetinae (very wet media).

If the roots do make a push into the media, the part that is above the surface level usually rots away in pretty short order.

The part ABOVE the surface rots? And we're talking SH right? That is so weird. Imma go look at mine later today and get back with you.

Catasetum I'm on my first full year growing, so I wouldn't even hazard a guess. All five of mine, the roots went straight down into medium (yes, sopping wet stuff) but I never saw any roots above the surface. Might have to do with younger age? I sure don't know. Can't even convince mine to go dormant, but they're now in time out so we'll see.

Thanks! I'm just using hydroton as a medium.

My thinking is that is has something to do with transporting the moisture above the media level coupled with a breeze from my fan but I may be mistaken. Don't spend too much energy on it, I only have 5 of 450 orchids in s/h and I just wait until I see new catasetinae growths before repotting and I bury them :)

LOL... Oh, I won't spend too much time on it. Still haven't made it upstairs. Since I grow pretty much exclusively that way, I find it an interesting conundrum. And with less than 100 (my cutoff max) I have a lot more time than you to take a peek and think about it. Speaking of which... don't you grow in your basement, or am I confusing you with someone else?

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whoa!

cyms are the best for roots

look at the state of this poor plastic pot!!!


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they are pushing so hard that when i split the top of the pot it popped open straight to the bottom


i could not shake anything loose from this clump so i just up potted her into a 7gal nursery pot and moved her to more light!

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Cyms are root machines. When I can't get the roots loose, I give the root ball a good bath with a hose, nozzle set to "stream" to get some force. That washes out anything that is broken down and icky, any medium that survives the washing I figure is OK, but it opens things up a bit.

My Streeter’s Doll Amy.

Catasetum expansum. Haven't watered yet but getting close. Leaves still tightly rolled.

Sharry Baby. I soaked for 15 minutes but couldn’t loosen the roots so I just cleaned up the top by removing the old moss and dropped the whole thing in a 6” in pot with new orchiata bark.

Holy cow!!!!

Well, Cymbidiums of course.

Actually, Oncidium. Those can be root machines too.

Root Porn Neofinetia Style
 

Neofinetia Falcata 'Taiga' 大河

You can also see the damage where a deer ate all the white variegate leaf parts off this orchid last fall. Oddly, it was only the leaves with tiger variegation, and only this one Neofinetia.
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Neofinetia falcata 'Hōmeiden' 豊明殿

This is one of my favorites. I love the white nakafu variegation display, which is especially pronounced in the spring.

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