First Paphiopedilum deflask

[Orquiadicto]

I've never ever deflasked anything. At the show in Valencia I bought two flaks:
Pahiopedilum delenatii x sib
Hsinying Rubyweb x Hsinying Vinyweb



The one with the mottled leaves is the delenatii and and the other one is the Rubyweb x Hsinying Vinyweb

Some pictures

[Orquiadicto]

Second series



At the first seedlings, I carefully washed off the media stuck to the roots, but not on the delenatii. I've read on the website from a grower that he doesn't wash off the agar agar and he has good success. I've planted them in loose packed sphagnun, soaked in water with some Physan 20. A few of the biggest ones, I've planted in small plastic glasses with holes burnt in the buttom. I've put them in a place with not too bright light to start with and they a covered with a traslucent lid (greenhouse effect). I hope they will thrive. In total I have over 40 plantlets. Any hints are more than welcome.

[SlipperGirl]

They are so cute!!! keep us updated on how they do

[The Orchid Boy]

I just deflasked my first paphs this February. They were Paph. liemianum ('Birchwood' x self) seedlings. They are now getting big and are growing the fastest of any of my orchids. My advice is provide lots and lots of humidity, warmth, and air movement.

[mu956]

Plants look very healthy. Just be careful when you watering.

[Orquiadicto]

What is the best way of watering them?
Giving them carefully a few drops of water, or misting the moss carefully?

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[The Orchid Boy]

I watered them just like my other orchids. If you want to be more cautious, give them drips of water. Let them just dry out. Smaller seedlings like this are more prone to rot.

[eggshells]

Looks like it comes from Ching Hua. They do have nice flasks. They should grow and flower in 2 years or so given optimal care.

[Orchidsoutdoors]

You should be fine, Ching Hua do good sized, quality plants in their flasks. The only recommendation I have is to keep them more on the dry side than too moist as deflasked seedlings run more of a risk of rotting than anything else. I deflasked a paph flask from them a few months ago and the plants are doing really well.

[Orquiadicto]

Originally Posted by eggshells

Looks like it comes from Ching Hua. They do have nice flasks. They should grow and flower in 2 years or so given optimal care.

They do come from Ching Hua indeed. I hope I'll be able to give them the proper care. I'm just a bit worried about the first few weeks. It's the first time I deflasked anything.