First Catasetums

[DirtyCoconuts]

Those are the exact baskets I use. Yes, cheap as all heck.

I like them on all my mounted plants and I have started to put them on the hungrier plants too

You will crush these guys, ww...you have a good growing sense and they are pretty easy

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

Those are the exact baskets I use. Yes, cheap as all heck.

I like them on all my mounted plants and I have started to put them on the hungrier plants too

You will crush these guys, ww...you have a good growing sense and they are pretty easy

Aw shucks DC...

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Originally Posted by Roberta

Late to the party... On the size thing. My greenhouse is little, space a premium, and these guys need a bit of warmth, and truly no water... So I do need them in the GH in winter. But guess what... they lose those big leaves, the pseudobulbs don't take up much space, pots can be placed close together. And in the spring, by the time they start to leaf out (time to start watering) , it's warm enough to put them outside, where they get sun and fresh air. So it all works.

Good point Roberta. Or my shoebox, right?

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So I think I have a plan. Gonna (of course) put in semi-hydro. But I think with several holes at a certain height. Then I have a shelf in my water garden. I'll plunk them on that shelf, water will flow through, and they can attempt to drink the whole darned pond!

I do some phrags that way in summer.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Good point Roberta. Or my shoebox, right?

They totally need nothing in the winter, so it would probably work... Fred Clarke tells the story, in his Catasetinae talk, of a customer in New York, who disgustedly threw a bare, dead-looking Catasetum over her shoulder when when she was cleaning things up for the winter. It rolled behind the couch. Spring came along, she was spring-cleaning, and found it, with a nice sprout developing. Probably not a good idea to do that, but emphaiszes the point that they need no attention whatsoever when they're dormant.