Terracotta Orchid pot for cymbidiums.

[LizB88]

I been looking for terracotta orchid pots for my cyms for a very long time and have not found them in any local store. Well today I saw a local store moving sale sign, and at the door the owner had an orchid on one of the pots I been looking for. So I went in and
she was out of pots, but as we started to talk orchid talk, her husband gave me a look like "oh, no here we go", she pulled out her phone and started to show me her orchid collection. I gave a at her husband as I was pulling my phone and all he could do was let out a huge, and I mean a huge laugh.

So at the end of our conversation and sharing our chids pic, she told me that they are closing the store and opening a restaurant and that she would be more than happy to order any orchid pots I want from China, that I would only give her a call for when I wanted them, the size and type and that she would put the order them for me with their next cargo shipment.
And then she offer to sell me the pot with the orchid. Well it was not what I was looking for, I told her, but I made the sacrifice and got it. after all she only ask for $12.
She showed me a picture of the plant, and told me the tag was in the pot (I'll have to get it when I repot).

All in all, I'm so happy that I will be getting my terracotta pots not only for cyms, but she will put an order for my BLC, LC and catts too!

Oh and below is a pic of the orchid and the pot.

Orchid adventures are so much fun!

[Bud]

WOW! you only got the large pot for $12? That costs $40 plus tax in Chinatown here in Manhattan....

[LizB88]

I think this is the second to the large one. She showed me pictures of the other two and one was smaller and a larger one. The large one goes for 20.00, the small one goes for 8.00

[Cym Ladye]

Living in California and being able to keep your Cyms outside all year long, I am curious as to why you are looking for these tall, expensive pots? These are generally used for miniature Oriental Cyms, many of which are grown indoors, under lights or on window sills in areas where Cyms cannot be grown outside all year long.

Speaking from experience, you will find that these will blow over easily in the wind and break, especially when the plants grow larger. If you want the look of terracotta and can deal with the standard red clay pot, pot your Cyms in standard, black plastic pots and then use the terracotta as cachepots.

[LizB88]

Originally Posted by Cym Ladye

Living in California and being able to keep your Cyms outside all year long, I am curious as to why you are looking for these tall, expensive pots? These are generally used for miniature Oriental Cyms, many of which are grown indoors, under lights or on window sills in areas where Cyms cannot be grown outside all year long.

Speaking from experience, you will find that these will blow over easily in the wind and break, especially when the plants grow larger. If you want the look of terracotta and can deal with the standard red clay pot, pot your Cyms in standard, black plastic pots and then use the terracotta as cachepots.

Cym Ladye, thanks for your input. I do like the look of terracotta, and the pots are not for my large cym, I have 15 or so miniature Oriental Cyms that will be going in this pots, I'm also getting some for my catts, which are shallow (I have one of this pots that my aunt brought me from El Salvador and the catt that is in it loves it) and I have looked for something similar but I have not found it until now.

I know what you mean about the wind knocking them over. I have most of my large Cym in the plastic black cym pots and some of them are very top heavy that I had to put them in large decorative cachet pots.

With the water restrictions we currently have, I don't know that putting all of them in terracotta would be a good idea, I would have to water more often during heat waves then I have in the past and that would not be good for water conservation.

[Cym Ladye]

You are very correct in realizing that the terracotta pots will wick water out of the plants faster. One thing you might consider with the larger plants, although I would usually not recommend this, is to put plastic saucers under the pots this summer to catch runoff water. This will allow the roots to pick up as much water as they can and should do so within 24-48 hours. You would not want water to stay in the saucer any longer than that but it would help during this drought, especially if you have some root bound plants.