Monnierara millenium magic witchcraft

[DirtyCoconuts]

Hi maru!!
Welcome

I have almost the identical seedling lol. I got mine for like $5 at the ft lauderdale orchid show too funny I bet it was the same vendor as the tag and pot are the same. I’ll post up a few pix of mine tomorrow but I just swapped out the moss for hydroton (Leca) and raised the build up about an inch. They had it so low I could not see any of the bottom and i like to see the new growth right away. When I took it out mine had three really decent roots of about 1.5 inches

Anyhoo. Fast forward a week and there is a little green pimple on the bottom and the game begins

I see about three pinhead new roots which is very encouraging and I am planning to mist the leca once of twice a week but leave it alone until the new growth is the size of the current bulb

We live in special climates (you more than I) where we can get away with a lot of help from ma nature

If you place that bad boy in some lava rock and perlite or other inorganic media, you could probably water it freely without damage as lone as you have good air movement(grow it out doors)

I don’t know if you have ever seen this plant bloom in person but you might start to like black flowers in a few years

[Maru777]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

I have almost the identical seedling lol. I got mine for like $5 at the ft lauderdale orchid show too funny I bet it was the same vendor as the tag and pot are the same.

Anyhoo. Fast forward a week and there is a little green pimple on the bottom and the game begins

This is too funny! I got mine in Miami 2 weeks ago but it was probably the same vendor. I got too many things in Miami truth be told, but the other ones I’m ok-ish with. And this is the only seedling I bought (this time). But as you said, we get a lot of help from mother nature

It’s awesome to know that it should be waking up soon. One of the things I was wondering about was exactly when it went into dormancy because ignorant newb that I am of course it did not cross my mind to ask the vendor So now I might have an indication to make the wait more bearable

I would love to hear your thoughts on inorganic media in our climate. I’ve been reading a lot about it and it seems very tempting to not have to disturb the roots every time you repot. The self watering set ups seem very cool too but the only experiments I found reliable are in very different climates and I was too scared to risk any of my plants with a less than informed project