Oxylgossum seedlings - Page 2 - Orchid Board

ronaldhanko · #11 03-09-2011, 07:16 PM

Usually by the time they get here to the states they are pretty well shaken up and need to be potted out immediately.

Jeff9 · #12 03-09-2011, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

Usually by the time they get here to the states they are pretty well shaken up and need to be potted out immediately.

I can imagine, however they take great care in packing, my order was superbly packed (and i picked it up myself, it wasnt sent)!

ronaldhanko · #13 03-09-2011, 08:33 PM

He does pack them well, but the USDA opens the package and inspects it before sending them on.

Jeff9 · #14 03-10-2011, 07:57 PM

I have been thinking about what i will pot them in first before doing anything else like mounting.

Right now i think i will put them in a community seedling tray and use a homemade seedling mixture of a little fine active charcoal a little fine white pumice and the rest A grade sphagnum.

I could put them in 100% sphagnum. But from experience and literature i know these also like well draining media.

Since i will be keeping the humidity very high the medium only has to be damp and airy.

Thoughts?