wow 10 months later and they did much better than I was expecting - Orchid Board

johnblagg · #1 06-10-2010, 01:20 PM

I decided to buy three catts last August and try my luck with catts ....here are the results

One I destroyed due to some kind of black crud fungus that I could not cure ...It had it when I bought it but I did not recoginize it as anything more than mechanical damage.It got the viking funeral in fire.

The second Is a Mary ellen Carter "Dixie Hummingbird" Itr started as a tiny thing with three small leads last August Here it is now in the first picture with 13 leads.

The third Is a Goldenzell "Lemon Chiffon" It also had three leads you can spot the original leads by the grooves on the Pbs all new leads are plump and smooth and it also has 13 leads in total now.

they are both in a new cycle of root growth and Pbs should be developing soon and I expect several new leads by august so I am hoping to have quadrupled both in size by the end of their first year with me.

I really can not believe how fast they grew I always assumed orchids grew much much slower than this.

Eyebabe · #2 06-10-2010, 01:25 PM

These plants are just beautiful!
How healthy they look!
Glad to see you using a S/H as I am starting the process of converting my catts to this media...you made my day

johnblagg · #3 06-10-2010, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Eyebabe

These plants are just beautiful!
How healthy they look!
Glad to see you using a S/H as I am starting the process of converting my catts to this media...you made my day

Thank you !!

And s/h is where a lot of the credit is due on these I went to s/h within one month of buying them ...as soon as they started new roots in fact I put them into hydrotron in a reg pot and watered like crazy for about one month and then as soon as I found good containers for s/h into full s/h....LOL as you can see my container choice is folgers they needed the caffeine boost

PitcherASAMD · #4 06-10-2010, 02:25 PM

WOW John! I'm really proud of you! Great job growing!!! Those babies seem very happy in your care! I can't wait for them to bloom

Katie

trdyl · #5 06-10-2010, 02:38 PM

John, They are looking great. I only grow in S/H and love the stuff.

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Originally Posted by johnblagg

The second Is a Mary ellen Carter "Dixie Hummingbird" Itr started as a tiny thing with three small leads last August Here it is now in the first picture with 13 leads.

The third Is a Goldenzell "Lemon Chiffon" It also had three leads you can spot the original leads by the grooves on the Pbs all new leads are plump and smooth and it also has 13 leads in total now.

Did you mean 13 pseudobulbs or actually 13 active leads?

johnblagg · #6 06-10-2010, 02:44 PM

I meant 13 pseudobulbs... there are only 4 active leads on each one right now and I guess you would not actually count them as pseudobulbs quite yet since they have not matured yet to the stage of mature pseudobulbs on those....Sooo let me recount and say 9 pseudobulbs on each and four active leads.

But way more growth than I was hoping for at all. I was thinking I would be lucky to get two new leads on each to mature.

trdyl · #7 06-10-2010, 02:49 PM

When I first read it I thought, those will literally run you out of house and home in no time.

johnblagg · #8 06-10-2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by trdyl

When I first read it I thought, those will literally run you out of house and home in no time.

LOL I would be selling divisions Cheap...but I am hoping for 8 leads active at once next round....So far they have made two new active leads from ecah pb that matures and seem to go active as soon as the Pb has matured ....I did have a very short "maybe a month' period in which they stopped everything just after I set them outside this spring and it worried me LOL so I brought them back inside and now they are right back in growth with new roots popping out everywhere.

I am trying for a huge specimine plant of each.