Mounting Brassavola nodosa 'little stars'; culture advice please

[DTEguy]

The plants came in from OrchidsAmore today. Got the buy 2 get one free deal. Was going to give the other one for a friend recovering from Chemo to cheer her up. All three were supposed to be from 4 inch pots but but one was much smaller with only less than 2 inches roots; with remnant of old sphagnum moss in the roots while the 2 other has barks.

They insisted that it was from a 4 inch pot. They should have advertised buy 2 get 0.5 instead

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by DTEguy

The plants came in from OrchidsAmore today. Got the buy 2 get one free deal. Was going to give the other one for a friend recovering from Chemo to cheer her up. All three were supposed to be from 4 inch pots but but one was much smaller with only less than 2 inch roots; with remnant of old sphagnum moss in the roots while the 2 other has barks.

They insisted that it was from a 4 inch pot. They should have advertised buy 2 get 0.5 instead

Ouch. You have pics of them?

[DTEguy]

Yupe just uploaded, all were bare rooted and bagged in sphag. The larger ones has traces of bark while the smaller guy has old sphags around it's small roots.

Oh well lesson learned. Gave the larger one to my friend of course and will be mounting the rest.