Potting bare-root Catasetum arrivals
I need some potting suggestions. I received 3 bare-root Catasetum species from Ecuagenera on Friday: expansum, macroglossum and saccatum. I was a little surprised they are nowhere near going dormant; it's winter in Ecuador. Each has a large mature new growth with nice green leaves that don't look anywhere near going dormant. The macroglossum has 10 buds that will open within a week. The saccatum has a half-mature new growth.
Ecuagenera ships bare root. Roots are wrapped in barely moist sphagnum, then put into a tightly sealed plastic baggie. I opened each baggie and soaked the sphagnum with a Kelpak-Inocucor solution with a tiny amount of sugar. But now what?
My first instinct is to leave them in the baggies in the moss they came in. They've already been uprooted and disturbed; this way I don't need to do it again. The bundle of moss is similar in proportion to the plant size as the pots Fred Clarke uses for seedlings. Does this seem reasonable? Or would you suggest something else?
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