Stanhopea tigrina in wowen coconut

[Kittyfrex]

So, it was an impulse buy and...i forgot to get one of them baskets. And it's VERY unlikely for me to find them within...oh...probably 200-400km radius.

My fiance had woven me a lose-ish basket from coconut rope. Considering i am slow, it just hit me now that i do not know if filling it with moss and putting the plant inside was good. There are two nodes growing, and i can see some roots, but i am talking long-term. Should i change to a basket asap, or will this do until the plant grows some more? The basket is 100% coconut according to label.

When i say lose-ish, i mean it is a tight weave, but any amount of force, even miniscule, can quite handily push trough.

[isurus79]

Photos would help!

[Roberta]

I think no rush to repot. As long as spikes have a place to "escape" they will. I have a Stanhopea in a big wire basket with holes too big to support the sphagnum medium, so I lined the basket with newspaper. When the paper is wet, it is soft, the spikes had no problem punching through.

So if your woven basket is soft, the spikes will be able to escape... they are quite persistent. I have my smaller Stanhopeas in plastic baskets. When I eee a spike developing that looks like it is having trouble escaping, i just cut out the offending section of basket. I repot when there is not enough basket remaining to hold the hanger.

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A fiancee who supports your orchid habit is a keeper.