Partical board

[tmoney]

just a thought...why not try this in a tall vase with water culture or s/h? perhaps neither of those would be suitable for a reason i don’t know, so hopefully someone will point out why if that’s the case.

i agree with mounting. we don’t have a greenhouse and the couple things mounted outside of the terrarium didn’t work out....

[Roberta]

I disagree about the vase thing for Dendrochilums. That is not how they grow. They just like to be damp. Yes, roots grow downward. Wrap roots in sphag, stuff in pot with more sphagnum. Stop ovethinking this.

[Roberta]

I looked up some photos of this species... it makes keikis all over the place, (or just pops out roots over the length of the growth) and so that is what these are. Keep them damp, and new growth will probably want to climb out of the pot. Which is what the species does. So go with the flow.

[RoseSD]

Dendrochilum potting, 3 ways 😂. More the merrier.

[Roberta]

I do have concern that the mounted one can stay wet enough. If it starts to look deydrated you can always pot it. Is there a reason why, on the potted and basket ones, that you have place them near the edge of the pot? Any growth is likely to go outside the pot, not into the medium. The back part of the plant is not going to grow, it will be growing where you see root action. So you should always pot it so that it has room to grow INTO the pot and medium, the opposite of what you have done where there is no room at all for it to grow into the medium.

[RoseSD]

I am not sure what you mean by the back of the plant. All the roots are in moss.
The basket has two pieces that need support so they are on the eddge. For that.

[Roberta]

Roots are in moss, but no growing room. They will grow in the direction of the roots, not the direction of the old p-bulb.

[RoseSD]

I positioned the roots to go down. I am not sure where the back side of this plant is.

[Roberta]

The bare pseudobulbs are the "back side" There will be no new growth in that direction, so all the empty space between the old (leafless) p-bulbs and the other side of the pot/basket is wasted, while any new growth will have no place grow very far. It looks pretty but you want the new growth to have a place to grow further over the next several years.

[RoseSD]

Originally Posted by Roberta

The bare pseudobulbs are the "back side" There will be no new growth in that direction, so all the empty space between the old (leafless) p-bulbs and the other side of the pot/basket is wasted, while any new growth will have no place grow very far. It looks pretty but you want the new growth to have a place to grow further over the next several years.

Does that mean I need to "lay it down"? I don't have a pot large enough to lay them down horizontally.