Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.
Many perks! <...more...>
|
01-26-2024, 12:04 AM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2022
Zone: 5a
Location: Ithaca, ny
Posts: 539
|
|
Pot a mounted cymbidium tigrinum?
So I just got this cymbidium tigrinum from Andy’s. Lovely little thing. I was sort of envisioning growing this species in a pot with a terrestrial mix, would it be unwise if me to pot it up? The moss looks really fresh, I wonder how established it us under there. Also for anyone growing this, how do you winter it?
|
01-26-2024, 01:24 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Albuquerque New Mexico
Posts: 984
|
|
I cant really give cultural advice on this plant but, I cant do mounts, so I've dealt with this problem too.
I think it's best to just stick the mount into a pot. Don't bother "unmounting" it. You can cut part of the mount off if need be but otherwise just sink it into the media to the right depth best you can.
|
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
|
|
|
01-26-2024, 12:57 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Zone: 9b
Location: Gleneden Beach, OR
Age: 48
Posts: 1,309
|
|
You can grow tigrinum potted, that's how I have traditionally always grown it in the past. I usually use a 'bulb pan' type pot [ie wider than in is tall] as the roots mass seems to be more compact than with some of the other species, with a fairly open mix [along the lines of 1:1:1:1 1/4" sponge rock:medium orchid bark:seedling orchid bark:aliflor]
I'd transition exactly as Louis indicated, but I'd not cut away the top of the mount [if the plant continues to grow 'up' rather than down into the media, take the cue... ]; use the smallest pot that the mount will fit into, and aim to have the bulbs sit about 1/8" above media grade, so developing roots will actively [and observably] grow down into the media [you're also less apt to rot off current roots this way, as conditions in the pot will dry substantially less than the mount does...]
__________________
I've never met an orchid I couldn't kill...
|
01-26-2024, 08:31 PM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2022
Zone: 5a
Location: Ithaca, ny
Posts: 539
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by stonedragonfarms
You can grow tigrinum potted, that's how I have traditionally always grown it in the past. I usually use a 'bulb pan' type pot [ie wider than in is tall] as the roots mass seems to be more compact than with some of the other species, with a fairly open mix [along the lines of 1:1:1:1 1/4" sponge rock:medium orchid bark:seedling orchid bark:aliflor]
I'd transition exactly as Louis indicated, but I'd not cut away the top of the mount [if the plant continues to grow 'up' rather than down into the media, take the cue... ]; use the smallest pot that the mount will fit into, and aim to have the bulbs sit about 1/8" above media grade, so developing roots will actively [and observably] grow down into the media [you're also less apt to rot off current roots this way, as conditions in the pot will dry substantially less than the mount does...]
|
I like that idea… I think I have just the pot to try it. Might wait until it is in active growth this spring. I’ve found it a nice spot in the cool plant fish tank for now.
|
02-01-2024, 10:42 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2013
Zone: 7a
Location: North Plainfield, NJ
Posts: 2,819
|
|
I am with Louis W (Andy mounts everything, I usually de-mount what I get from him).
Cym tigrinum is reported to grow primarily as a lithophyte. On that limited description, I would lean towards using 'filler material':
A. Spaghnum/small size bark mix (maybe 2:1)
B. My terrestrial Cymbidium mix (ratios reflect that I mix large batches):
3 parts cedar mulch
3 parts composted cow manure
1 part perlite
1 part medium bark
__________________
Kim (Fair Orchids)
Founder of SPCOP (Society to Prevention of Cruelty to Orchid People), with the goal of barring the taxonomists from tinkering with established genera!
I am neither a 'lumper' nor a 'splitter', but I refuse to re-write millions of labels.
|
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
|
|
|
04-11-2024, 09:38 AM
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2022
Zone: 5a
Location: Ithaca, ny
Posts: 539
|
|
It started to put out new roots and I decided to pot it in a pot. It popped off the mount pretty easily once the fishing line was cut, it wasn’t really attached yet. I put medium bark and granite chips in the bottom half, and small bark and rock chips in the top half. Hope it likes its new home!
|
04-11-2024, 11:44 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2013
Zone: 7a
Location: North Plainfield, NJ
Posts: 2,819
|
|
According to IOSPE it is a lithophyte. Most on-line photos show it in a pot, so potted is clearly better than mounted.
Whether semi-coarse bark is suitable will depend upon how much you water it. I tend to grow all Cymbidiums in a terrestrial mix (cedar mulch/composted cow manure/potting soil/bark/perlite)..
__________________
Kim (Fair Orchids)
Founder of SPCOP (Society to Prevention of Cruelty to Orchid People), with the goal of barring the taxonomists from tinkering with established genera!
I am neither a 'lumper' nor a 'splitter', but I refuse to re-write millions of labels.
|
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
|
|
|
04-11-2024, 11:59 AM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Zone: 10a
Location: Coastal southern California, USA
Posts: 13,849
|
|
Looks great. Don't know what Andy was thinking to mount that one . I'll be much happier in a pot. I grow most of my Andy plants mounted, usually on their original mounts (though I usually have to remount the ones on shingles) but this one, I think, definitely needed to be moved. Good call.
Last edited by Roberta; 04-11-2024 at 12:03 PM..
|
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:38 AM.
|