Maxillaria tenuifolia (Project 11 - Summer 2010)

[RosieC]

And of course... first thing I did was give them both a drink

[Jeff9]

I'm going to have to wait a few weeks before ordering mine, but ill join in eventually.

[Call_Me_Bob]

i might order mine later today. after the advil kicks in.

[kavanaru]

I've actually ordered my project plant two days ago... but today, I was ordering some potting material from a local nursery, and saw they also had Max tenuifolia intheir catalogue.. and guess what... they had the yellow form of this species.. so.. a second Max tenuifolia is on its way to me..

[Izzie]

Originally Posted by help

i might order mine later today. after the advil kicks in.

Hope you're feeling better soon.

[nenella]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Mine has just arrived. Don't have a camera here at work so I will have to take pics later.

I've counted 15 p-bulbs although most seem pretty wrinkled. There are three new growths starting and the three p-bulbs nearest those are a lot less wrinkled.

The whole think looks pretty dry but then it is mounted and has just spent 5 days in transit. The roots look like it's been on the mount a while as some of them have grown through the cork and out the other side.

The TC (the Gastrochilus japonicus) is also looking a bit dry. That's also mounted and also has roots that are starting to cling to the mount and also what looks like a new leaf and several new root tips... also it has a spike Not sure when I'll get the max to flower but here's hoping the Gastrochilus spike keeps growing for me

Hi Rosie, can't wait to see the pics!

[RosieC]

Well mine arrived yesterday but due to the server move () I wasn't able to post pics.

Here it is...



It has three new growths... this is the one on the left...



The only thing that bothers me is that one of the p-bulbs and the back of the mount has this green crust on it. Anyone know what that might be from this last pic?

[tcrane]

Mine just arrived, larger than I expected, in bark with four bulbs and three starter bulbs. Pretty shriveled - I'm giving it water now. For those of you who've had it a few days- did yours plump back up with a good long soak?

-Tristan

[Izzie]

Tristan- mine has plumped up somewhat, but I suspect it will always stay a little shriveled now.

Rosie- perhaps try rubbing it with a cotton ball soaked in Hydrogen Peroxide? Looks like what used to be algae, now dried.

[RosieC]

Tristan, I've been looking at mine tyring to decide if it has plumped slightly. I had the idea it might have done.

Izzie, I'll give that a try. I think you might be right about the dried algae.