Maxillaria tenuifolia - specimen plant

[Rosim_in_BR]

It has been in the same small pot for almost a decade...

[brewmyster]

Wow that is beautiful. And I bet it smells wonderful

Mark

[WhiteRabbit]

wow! that's fabulous!

[greenbean]

I still stand in awe of this magnificent specimen.

Mine is growing, found out that it REALLY likes lots of water when it's actively growing. But still no blooms in almost 3 years. However, after almost losing it, it has just started producing close to normal size pseudobulbs again this last year, so hopefully in the next year or so I will see flowers again!

[RosieC]

This is such a fantastic specimen. A link to your last thread on it was posted on the Max tenuifolia project thread as an example of how well they can grow, I am just in awe I just hope one day mine can be even a quarter of that size.

[Call_Me_Bob]

i love this!!! mine is so very tiny compared to yours!

[kavanaru]

Mauro, that's a great plant..

just curious, and my apologies for the somehow "silly" question, the plant has been in the same pot for over 10 years... I assume the medium has been changed a couple of times, right? What does it grows in?

[Jennyfleur]

Gee Whiz! A true inspiration

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by kavanaru

Mauro, that's a great plant..

just curious, and my apologies for the somehow "silly" question, the plant has been in the same pot for over 10 years... I assume the medium has been changed a couple of times, right? What does it grows in?

Ramon, it's not a silly question, absolutelly! I'd do that question too if someone told me the same!
The answer is that there's no more any medium inside the pot, just a mass of roots... The original medium broke down a long time ago and I never replaced it. This mass of roots did so much pressure on the walls of the pot that it ended up splitting a couple of months ago!
This works out because a considerable part of this plant's roots is aerial!

[kavanaru]

Thanks Mauro! I am pretty new with this species (since the last summer project! or was it spring project?) My two plants have still a long way to go, before reachinf even half the size of yours...