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10-10-2015, 12:43 PM
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Repotting Zygonisia Cynosure & backbulbs
The last time I repotted my 'blue water sailing' cultivar it was set back a few months and didn't rebloom until the 2nd new growth. However this time I noticed lots of new roots so hopefully things will be OK. I split it into 2 separate plants - both have vigorous roots and 1 also has a new growth. I didn't have to remove any dead roots so used the same media composition: 70/30 medium/fine bark to sphagnum moss.
Additionally I broke off 2 back bulbs, both have roots. I have bagged these up in sphagnum moss as an experiment. Its one of my favourite orchids, so I don't mind trying to propagate it.
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10-10-2015, 02:32 PM
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Good luck!
I have bought zygos that were from back-bulb divisions so you will probably succeed in getting a few extra.  |
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10-12-2015, 09:06 AM
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11-03-2015, 12:39 PM
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Well done! I recall you saying before that this hybrid isn't always happy after a repot, in fact you told me when I repotted mine in my 'experiment' to try peat moss...and such is the case. However my results are a bit conflicted as b/c it may be more the peat moss expt than the actual repot itself. I have a number of plants losing leaves and my Blue Water has lost all of its but the bulbs are still nice. We'll see as I'm going to do some tweaking.
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11-20-2015, 08:36 AM
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an update
- the 2 separated plants each have new growths and one of these has 2 spikes. Success !
- the 2 backbulbs have each sprouted a growth. It will be a while yet for roots, but its a promising start.
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