Vanilla 'chid leaves are mighty small on this one...

[peeper]

Wait, by Airial roots, do you mean like exposed? Like should be mounted or those wooden basket grown?

[glengary54]

Originally Posted by peeper

Wait, by Airial roots, do you mean like exposed? Like should be mounted or those wooden basket grown?

Peeper - In this case it refers to the roots that the plant forms along the lenght of the vine as it is growing, roots that not only absorb water but serve to anchor to the tree in which it is growing (in the wild).

[Leafmite]

How do I get it out and in? I train it along a PVC pipe to which I can add. Moving my plants in and out is always a pain--I have passion fruit vines and a large twenty-one year old hibiscus but the vanilla isn't fun, either. I moved the six-foot bird of paradise (in a twenty-four inch pot) the last time this spring because I realized I'm getting to the point where my back or knees would fail me. I made a cutting of it last summer and it has rooted in it's smaller pot. This is life in the north for a tropical plant lover without a greenhouse. Sigh.
Leafmite