Giant home for bulbo

[RoseSD]

OK this isn't my first bulbo but is certainly my first giant one.
It is a miracle I even have a pot for it.
Please give suggestions on how to pot better? Currently it has moss mixed with fine pearlite on bottom and large barks covering the top.
It is a Cirrhopetalum amesianum x Cirrhopetalum mastersianum.

[DeaC]

Is dividing not an option?

[RoseSD]

Originally Posted by DeaC

Is dividing not an option?

Honestly I am sure it is. I just don't know how.

[Roberta]

These things do become beasts... The pot diameter is just about right, but it is rather deep. I liked bulb pans (shallow) to give surface area.
Some more ideas here, from the master of Bulbophyllum growing, Bill Thoms. (His specialty)This was from a San Francisco Orchid Society meeting, it's one of the few meeting talks that is in the "public domain" on YouTube. So grab a cup of coffee or glass of wine, sit back, and enjoy. You will get lots of info about growing Bulbophyllums and a lot of other orchids as well.

I messed around with the link, had some problem getting it to play within OB. So if it doesn't work for you by clicking the arrow, the link above the picture takes you to the actual site on YouTube and that also works.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIUX5zwePQo

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[RoseSD]

So nice to be able to hear the content from other orchid associations' meeting. Thanks!

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by RoseSD

So nice to be able to hear the content from other orchid associations' meeting. Thanks!

I ended up joining the San Francisco Orchid Society... they had great meetings on Zoom through the COVID close-down, now they're meeting in person but doing hybrid meeings (and still have a majority of the participants on Zoom - like 25 on-site and 50 on Zoom) and doing it very well.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Originally Posted by Roberta

I ended up joining the San Francisco Orchid Society... they had great meetings on Zoom through the COVID close-down, now they're meeting in person but doing hybrid meeings (and still have a majority of the participants on Zoom - like 25 on-site and 50 on Zoom) and doing it very well.

is yours going to be on zoom??? i want in !

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Originally Posted by RoseSD

OK this isn't my first bulbo but is certainly my first giant one.
It is a miracle I even have a pot for it.
Please give suggestions on how to pot better? Currently it has moss mixed with fine pearlite on bottom and large barks covering the top.
It is a Cirrhopetalum amesianum x Cirrhopetalum mastersianum.

rose- how and where is it growing? inside or out, and in a saucer or no?

I have tried 20 different ways to grow various bulbos (i live in a humid place so they all work LOL) because i like to tinker and experiment.

if you can get them both airy and wet it is the best. a wooden basket with inorganic media sitting in a tray of water is my go to for the ramblers.

[RoseSD]

I want to attend your Show and Tell session Roberta!

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by RoseSD

I want to attend your Show and Tell session Roberta!

Which one? If you want to "attend" the San Francisco Orchid Society meeting (next one is April 4) you can register on the website, and you'll get an email with a Zoom link and password closer to the meeting date.

The Show and Tell session now is hybrid... the ones that people bring into the meeting room are shown, and the ones that are sent by photographs for the online folks are shown too. They do a really good job of managing hybrid meetings.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by RoseSD

I want to attend your Show and Tell session Roberta!

If you want my personal Show and Tell, just check out the Species link in my signature line... half to 2/3 of the plants in any month are mine. And I note when I post a new month. Yes, only species, but that's where you'll find the more unusual things, and increasingly, that's the majority of my collection. You can find a few of my hybrids, as well as species, in the Cool Growing Orchid Society newsletter archive - I write that every month too, and include a lot of content from my own collection.