HELP with my Cym. chen's ruby!!!!! only five spikes????

[DirtyCoconuts]

sorry, i feel like all the threads around here are tragic sometimes and i wanted to be light


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mopved her to a 7 gallon pot and i think that she likes the new digs!!!


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[Orchid Whisperer]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

sorry, i feel like all the threads around here are tragic sometimes and i wanted to be light

Sorry, but you are not following the rules for tragic posting.
- have you been doing your daily root soak in hydrogen peroxide? Get to it!
- left plants on the dashboard of your car, in the sun, while you work your day job? Those leaves won't scorch themselves!!

Seriously though, nice Cymbidium.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Orchid Whisperer

Sorry, but you are not following the rules for tragic posting.
- have you been doing your daily root soak in hydrogen peroxide? Get to it!
- left plants on the dashboard of your car, in the sun, while you work your day job? Those leaves won't scorch themselves!!

Seriously though, nice Cymbidium.

Don't forget - "and I've been feeding it 4 tablespoons/gallon as it wasn't growing well, but now it looks worse!"

[rbarata]

mopved her to a 7 gallon pot and i think that she likes the new digs!!!

In my experience, when Cymbs are poted into a too large pot, they set back.
But let's see how yours will behave.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Originally Posted by rbarata

In my experience, when Cymbs are poted into a too large pot, they set back.
But let's see how yours will behave.

so i am the least experienced with cyms on here

i have 12 and the longest one since 4-2020

in that limited time i have had to repot these plants more than any other 50 orchids i have.

i tried to go with the conventional tall slim pots and vermiculite and they out grew them in 2 month. i went to 1 gallon nursery pots while i made a new plan and they split the sides of those while i was waiting for the new pots to arrive. I then went to 3 gallon nursery pots and that bought me a year, almost. Golden elf split her pot completely and this plant was starting to rise out of the pot.

I usually agree that any repotting will set a plant back and totally am sure that cyms are like that but it seems that all i DO is repot these plants lol

my goal is to see which are spikey and which are pendulous and then get all the spikey ones into these 7 gallon heavy duty pots....they will last at least 2 years hahaha


of course, being me, i have a few experiments going also (cym alifolium chunk tied to a palm) and i am trying to make these basically landscape plants.....at $6 a pot, i can divide and double these until my whole neighborhood is cyms!!!!

[estación seca]

Take it out NOW to look at the roots. Chop out anything with any spots. First I think you should cut off all the spikes. You don't want to stress it.

[Keysguy]

OK so all tragedy aside DC...is that a "warmth tolerant" variety?

[DirtyCoconuts]

Hahaha very!

I’d put this right up with the golden elf one. They like it hot and wet. I’d imagine they be even happier at your address!

[SADE2020]

Ohh shut Up 🤣, definitely no drama here....these are so amazing!!!

[stonedragonfarms]

...I'm confused...there was no mention of cinnamon or neem oil in your post... ;p