I am so happy to see these beautiful roots! Now I want a spike (wishful thinking).
The picture makes it look big. The mount is 3 inches long and that new root on the top is 1 inch long. So it is still small (but thriving)! How big does it need to be to bloom?
I am pretty sure this mount will rot away in the next year or so. The center of the stick already rotted so I pulled out the core and left just the hard wood. I dread having to deal with that.
In case you were wondering, I kept it in the house for the first 9 months after I got it from Andy's (Aug 2009). Probably wasn't kept as wet as needed. Fertilized maybe twice. Then at the end of March, while the weather was still cool-ish, I moved it outside. And the roots took off. Now I water with the hose everyday or at least 5 times per week. Not sure about fertilizing but my instinct is to keep it very occasional and not too strong.
Wish me luck!
Three new roots on my Ghost Orchid!
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