Some catasetum babies

[Bruno De Toni]

I would like to share some pictures of my recent deflasking seedlings of a cross I made last year from catasetum callosum x macrocarpum. Now they are trying to adapt to the real world, let's see how many will survive in the next months . By the way I also deflask a cross between tabulare x macrocarpum as a matter of fact the bottle I am showing is one that belongs to that cross. They will come out soon, possibly next week.

[isurus79]

Good luck with these Bruno! I'm excited to see what the flowers look like after a few years.

[Shirley]

Bruno, I'd be interested to hear how you care for your babies. I have a very small expansum that I'm trying to keep alive. Any hints would be appreciated.

[kavanaru]

Congrats for the babies, Bruno! looking forward to seeing those plants blooming...

[Bruno De Toni]

Thanks Steve and Ramon.
Shirley wrote:

Bruno, I'd be interested to hear how you care for your babies. I have a very small expansum that I'm trying to keep alive. Any hints would be appreciated.

Shirley I just keep them togheter in a humid place watering every day (slightly) receiving some ammount of indirect light. I use plastic or clay pots with medium composed of palm tree fiber with dead wood, same medium in which they gowth on trees in nature. After two weeks after deflasking I start giving them some food. For you I would suggest using spagnum moss as a culture media and fertilze heavily (very week) when is in a growing stage. Hope this hints help you.

[Shirley]

Thanks, Bruno. I'll do my best! This little plant didn't go dormant over the winter, still has a tiny green growth, so I've been watering it every few days.