Project 2023 Spring Sarcochilus

[WaterWitchin]

I've never grown sarcochilus either! Just finished repotting from the bark-perlite mix they were in. A moss plug in middle was removed from the two I potted into semi-hydro, and the third I left as is other than shaking it a little and mounting it. The mounted one is hung under auto misters that will actually hit the mount and the other two are underneath and will only get high humidity that results. From reading a bit, I may have too much light on them so I'll just watch for awhile and see what happens. Roberta will put up the pics for me when she has a minute.

[camille1585]

Here's mine! It's a Sarcochilus Kulnura Treasure. I had a really, really hard time choosing because Akerne Orchids has a huge selection of them, and many are grown from seed so there's a huge amount of variation even within one cross. The Sarco didn't travel alone, I also got a Prosthechea cochleata (last photo is one in the greenhouse) and a Lycaste campbellii.

The greenhouses were really nice, I wasn't expecting to see such a large greenhouse (700m2 from what I read), in someone's backyard.

[SADE2020]

Originally Posted by camille1585

Here's mine!

how I can be!! ....

Super nice looking plants! and the Greenhouse is huge, I though it was a small place as well.

ENJOY!!!!

[estación seca]

I can't find my notes but I hope I will eventually. Mr. Barrie said they potted in a mixture of 5 inorganic substances: Large perlite, polyfoam pellets like used for bean bag chairs, glass wool cubes, and two I can't remember. They used this mixture because they reused potting material after unpotting plants to move up into larger pots. They sanitized the old media first. I can't recall whether he said they used heat or bleach. He said they saved a lot of money on media with this approach.

[Keysguy]

I'm in with (Sarco. Kulnura Dazzel 'Midnight' x Sarco. Sweetheart 'Speckles') that I got from Tim Culbertson (via Barrita and SVO) this weekend. His talk on Sarco's was great and highly informative.

I had him pick me which cross he thought would do best. Once we got past the color option, this is what he picked. He warned me I'd likely have issues getting it to bloom well in the Keys although getting it to grow well should not be an issue.

His blooming aid suggestion was to stick it in the fridge at 40 degrees every night for 2 weeks in Nov. He thought that would work for me. He also cautioned to make sure it was dry when I did that because they HATE cold and wet.

Under lights for the summer so no stress growing until late October.

[OrchKid]

So my Sarcochilus olivaceous came yesterday!

They were nice enough to send a care sheet, too... although the care sheet says it shouldn’t be dry for more than 24 hrs - and they wrapped it in dry newspaper for a three-day trip.

This might be over before it started.

For now, I’ve soaked it and will see what happens.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by OrchKid

So my Sarcochilus olivaceous came yesterday!

They were nice enough to send a care sheet, too... although the care sheet says it shouldn’t be dry for more than 24 hrs - and they wrapped it in dry newspaper for a three-day trip.

This might be over before it started.

For now, I’ve soaked it and will see what happens.

The roots and plant look good, one episode of drying out isn't going to cause long term damage I don't think, orchids are tough.

[estación seca]

When he spoke to our society he said the hybrids are mostly derived from the species that get a lot more light. He said they water 365 days out of the year.

[Dalachin]

My Sarcochilus has arrived! Sarcochilus ceciliae from Peter at Diamond orchids. He sent one in bloom! A division of his awarded one.

[MateoinLosAngeles]

I'll try to add a sarcochilus or two to my next SVO order. Anyone attempting the project in S/H?