armeniacum in basket

[weederwoman]

Nat
I've never worked with a more tender plant, orchid or non. The first time I moved it from the sellers pot to my basket, the new growth broke off. The new growth I have now is its replacement. This time when I moved it to a better basket, one of those deep buried stolons got damaged and fell off the next day. If the poor thing thrives I will never repot it again. I used expanded clay pellets and perlite (they didn't have lava rock) and small amounts of bark per your suggestion. Hope this doesn't scare you too much, Jeremy.

[jeremyinsf]

Originally Posted by weederwoman

Nat
I've never worked with a more tender plant, orchid or non. The first time I moved it from the sellers pot to my basket, the new growth broke off. The new growth I have now is its replacement. This time when I moved it to a better basket, one of those deep buried stolons got damaged and fell off the next day. If the poor thing thrives I will never repot it again. I used expanded clay pellets and perlite (they didn't have lava rock) and small amounts of bark per your suggestion. Hope this doesn't scare you too much, Jeremy.

Well, it does, and it doesn't. I (sort of) knew what I was getting into. I wanted a plant that was going to be a challenge, to a certain point. And this one is small (growth habit) and takes a lot of light, so that's good for me. I realize it's all a big experiment and I might really **** it up. Having said that, I think other paph's are really easy for me and I knew this one would be different, but, perhaps not this much. Stay tuned! And thanks for sharing your own experience. Can we see a picture?