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Old 01-20-2016, 03:02 PM
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OK, my first Stan is on its way. I am planning to hang it in this basket in sphagnum.

Now, what I am looking for is hints from people who have had /got one along the lines of

"For goodness sakes don't do this!"

"This is really important"

"Whatever you do, ...."

You get the idea. Anything interesting or useful please.

I'm also running this in the Stan section in case someone there misses it, because I would like responses from both beginners and experts.
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I'd say lots of sphagnum in the basket, mine is an oculata and it loves moisture.
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Keep it moist, unless it's one of the ones that likes to be a bit drier during the winter. My jenischiana is one of those.
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Thanks, I figured that the sphag would keep it that biit moister, and give it a substrate soft enough to push the blooms thru.

The holes in the mmesh are 2 cm x 2 cm. I assume that iis big enough to let the blooms thru?
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Looking at the basket... the mesh may be a bit tight when the spikes start to emerge. Wire does look small enough to easily clip if you need to. Watch carefully, and keep those diagonal cutters handy... you may have to make a bigger hole once the plant decides where it wants to poke out a spike.
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Looking at the basket... the mesh may be a bit tight when the spikes start to emerge. Wire does look small enough to easily clip if you need to. Watch carefully, and keep those diagonal cutters handy... you may have to make a bigger hole once the plant decides where it wants to poke out a spike.
Really? Those holes are 3/4 of an inch across. I had hoped they would be plenty big enough!

If that really is the case, then I can always chop out alternate squares to make the holes 40mm x 40 mm. That's about 1.5 inches x 1.5

What do you reckon please?

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That's marginal, if the spike happens to hit the hole dead-on. If it comes at an angle, it is likely to be crimped. I sometimes use plastic baskets - the holes in the 8" baskets are right about that size, and I often end up cutting a hunk of pot to let the spike develop freely. For the regular wire "stanhopea baskets" I use netting (of the sort that vegetables come in) and then cut where necessary if the spike doesn't poke through.
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Sphagnum in a basket that open should be good for all Stanhopeas in general although I have to say that the hole size is a little risky. You used wire instead of plastic, so the spike won't experience as much damage or scraping if it does come through. I've grown most of my Stanhopeas and gongoras in the normal plastic baskets and have no problem with aborted spikes coming through the basket holes but the holes are at least 2.5 cm by 2.5 cm.

Stanhopeas are not fussy about light as long as it remains moderately bright or even down to phal light for some species. They don't mind water quality but do want to stay moist generally. What species did you get? Stanhopeas can be split into three groups with slightly varied growing conditions and knowing which species you have can help to know its optimal growing conditions.

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Sphagnum in a basket that open should be good for all Stanhopeas in general although I have to say that the hole size is a little risky. You used wire instead of plastic, so the spike won't experience as much damage or scraping if it does come through. I've grown most of my Stanhopeas and gongoras in the normal plastic baskets and have no problem with aborted spikes coming through the basket holes but the holes are at least 2.5 cm by 2.5 cm.

Stanhopeas are not fussy about light as long as it remains moderately bright or even down to phal light for some species. They don't mind water quality but do want to stay moist generally. What species did you get? Stanhopeas can be split into three groups with slightly varied growing conditions and knowing which species you have can help to know its optimal growing conditions.
I'm getting a Stanhopea schilleriana. I was also looking at Stanhopea ecornuta and Stanhopea x fowlieana as they are all warm, rather that cold or intermediate, as it's pretty warm here.

I can chop out the wire, alternate squares, and that should do it. The holes would then be almost 4x4 cm.
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That should work - when spikes hit the wire and the hole is that large, they will follow the empty space and escape.
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