Curbside orchids (Cattleya and phalaenopsis?)

[Salixx]

Everybody is looking great!

Not that it helps now, but if you need more pots in the future, Kelly's Korner is a lot cheaper than Repotme and you get discounts for buying 10 or more of the same item. I buy all my potting supplies from them.

[estación seca]

.... Do you think a rhizome clip would help?

Yes.

[shhcat]

Originally Posted by Optimist

I'm sorry I did not latch on to this sooner. Pots are easy to find if you do not want to spend a lot of money. I have often taken a plastic jug containing something like Juice, then cut it in half, pierced it with a lot of holes with a dremmel tool, or a drill. There you go, a nearly free pot. My favorite potting media (still) is lava rock. Most gardening stores have it, especially in the West.

Originally Posted by Salixx

Everybody is looking great!

Not that it helps now, but if you need more pots in the future, Kelly's Korner is a lot cheaper than Repotme and you get discounts for buying 10 or more of the same item. I buy all my potting supplies from them.

In this particular case, I was willing to pay a little more and have someone else know what they were doing. But that Kelley's Korner site looks great and I'll definitely check it out in the future!

[pipsxlch]

Re: the old leafless pseudobulbs on the Catts- yes never remove them until they're brown and definitely dead! They're the plant's storage warehouses. FWIW, everything looks eminently salvageable to me, even the Maikai (and it's a nodosa hybrid; they tend to be weeds, I have one started from a single rootless broken off old pseudobulb).

[shhcat]

An update!

My husband and I made rhizome clips for the large C. Irene Holguin and the alba, which was also a little shaky in its pot. Seems to help.

A few weeks ago, I had my orchids all outside in a shady area near the house, and missed when a windstorm blew through! They all got knocked over, which I can't imagine was great for them. One or two were knocked out of their pots. I cleaned them up and made sure they were snug in their pots again. A minor setback, hopefully. (I was bringing them in on nights where it got cold, but the windstorm was earlier in the evening.)

The Maikai looks worse, quite a bit worse. At this point I'm suspecting I will lose it. I'm still caring for it because with 5 other Cattleyas it's really nbd to care for one more, but my hopes aren't high.

BUT. Check these out!

Lookit that vegetative growth go on my C. Irene Holguin! This growth was there when I got the plant, but it's definitely bigger. Compare to my previous photo from when I repotted!


New roots on the C. deckeri alba! Much more faith that this guy will survive and even thrive, now.


Something (vegetative growth?) on the Mc. Robert Strait Blue Hawaii. I remember noticing this when it was just a weird lump on the rhizome. It's starting to look like something!

All other plants look pretty much the same, no changes for better or worse. Although I think my smallest Phal keiki may be slightly larger.

[No-Pro-mwa]

at least some good news.