FINNALY got my new onc. - Orchid Board

Keltera · #1 06-05-2009, 06:05 PM

thing is, its potted souly in moss! i checked the roots before i bought it, there healthy and growing. i want to repot in bark but, the question is, should i move to a bigger pot size? its got quite the root mass. i picked up what i believe the be the next size up pot.
here are some wonderful pictures of my new onc, with my new camera

Ps: anyone know what the name would be?

Edit: It seemes she may be a miltonia! not and onc! i need to bonk that seller on the head

Mastiff · #2 06-05-2009, 06:40 PM

It looks like a Burrageara Nelly Isler Swiss Beauty, but I could be wrong. Burrageara is a quadrageneric hybrid (Cochlioda, Miltonia, Odontoglossum and Oncidium). In fact, yours has something of a pansy orchid I think.

Very nice plant, wonderful colour!

Becky15349 · #3 06-05-2009, 06:55 PM

That is really pretty! Truthfully, you really ought to just let it be - oncids do very well when they are tight in their pots like that. It seems happy in moss; just don't water it too heavy and it'll be fine! Best to leave plants as they are and not disturb them...

Keltera · #4 06-05-2009, 08:34 PM

so, water it less often? or water the same just in smaller amounts? iam just paraoid of rotting the roots

Ray · #5 06-06-2009, 07:44 AM

Focus on air getting to the roots, more than on the watering regimen itself, and you'll do fine.

Yes, the plant needs water, but unless you can keep the medium "open" enough to freely allow gas exchange, the roots will suffocate and die, and that's what leads to rot.

Lagoon · #6 06-06-2009, 07:55 AM

If you are not comfortable and don't not feel you can grow well in sphagnum moss then change to something you grow best in.
A combo of moss and bark may work really well for you.
Its likey the moss needs to be changed out anyways. I've never got any orchid in fresh clean moss - ever!

You're orchid is just gorgeous, Keltera

Happy growing!

Ray · #7 06-06-2009, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Lagoon

I've never got any orchid in fresh clean moss - ever!

Gloria, I used to grow a lot of plants in sphagnum for resale, and repotted them into fresh moss before shipping, but often when one does see a plant in nice, fresh, clean moss, the recipient immediately thinks it was done to hide something defective with the roots!

Top-quality sphagnum is actually one of the best orchid growing medium selections, BUT you had better know how to use it, and recognize that it isn't the same for all plants and environments.

Lagoon · #8 06-06-2009, 08:15 AM

Ray, I'm glad to see you take such pride in you're orchids!!
A good quality moss can make ALL the difference in the world in my humble opinion, once I switch over it was much easier to grow anything in a better quality.

A bit off topic - I also feel the same about peatmoss.

Keltera · #9 06-06-2009, 10:53 PM

its in a plastic pot, how do i make sure air is getting to the roots? when i got it the guy had completely soaked the plant that it was dripping when i picked it up

Keltera · #10 06-06-2009, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Mastiff

It looks like a Burrageara Nelly Isler Swiss Beauty, but I could be wrong. Burrageara is a quadrageneric hybrid (Cochlioda, Miltonia, Odontoglossum and Oncidium). In fact, yours has something of a pansy orchid I think.

Very nice plant, wonderful colour!

i was discussing this with gin

who also think it is a molt/onc hybrid

wich iam completly fine with