Sophronitis cernua (Project 14 - Spring 2012)

[bballr4567]

Originally Posted by kalanchoe

Thanks again, Camille, for organizing this!

I placed my order with J&L about three days ago. As soon as I saw that it was going to be either the sophronitis or the bulbo, I went ahead and ordered them both. I'm in zone 10, so I'm really racing against time to get them here before the 100 degree weather starts (highs are in the 90's right now)! I usually don't order plants at this time of year because of this, so I'm hoping that they make the long trip safely!

I got a couple others for good measure, so my total order included:

-Sophronitis cernua
-Bulbophyllum sumatranum
-Mediocalcar decorata
-Neostylis Pinky 'Starry Night'

I can't wait to see them! I got a confirmation email from J&L that they had received the order, but I haven't heard anything else yet.

Yours should ship Monday. I ordered Friday and they said that they ship on Monday and Tuesday so expect it by Thursday more than likely.

[Wynn Dee13]

Originally Posted by The Mutant

I can't have it mounted since the humidity is waaay to low and since I'll start working full time again...tomorrow actually, which means I can't be home and keep the roots as moist as they need. Plus I have nowhere to put a mount, I need to get a proper drilling machine to be able to put anything up on the kitchen walls since they're made of concrete!

Okay, the light is going to be an issue. I only have east-facing windows so I'll never be able to grow anything that needs more light than Phals and Paphs till I get the extra lights I'm planning to get. Now, during summer, it might not be an issue I hope, since the days get pretty long here in Sweden (there's no midnight sun where I live but it never gets really dark during summer and this "almost darkness" only last for around four to six hours or so).

We'll see how this little guy will do at my place, not that well I assume, but hopefully not too bad either.

Thanks for letting me know its cultural needs!

Mutant- They don't need to be kept moist at all times. Actually they should dry out between waterings. I don't water my plant that is mounted every day. I try and mist it at least every other day and soak it once a week. You could also set the mount into a plastic pot to hold the plant so you don't have to hang it. The plastic pot around the mount will also help keep some humidity around it. For light you could put it outside during the summer. I put all my plants outside during the summer and they really like it. Then when it's time to bring the plant in when it gets colder, you can worry about the extra light then.

[Wynn Dee13]

So I just paid for my order. I bought mine from Peter Lin of Diamond Orchids. I had the choice of the cernua being potted or mounted but Peter said he finds they grow better mounted so I got the mounted one. It's TC's are:
Aerangis fastuosa
Aerangis punctata
Angraecum didieri
He is going to ship them Tuesday so I should get them Friday!

I think I'm going to order a few friends for them from Andy's too. He has some plants I have been wanting for a long time.

[Leafmite]

Looks like a great bunch of plants, Wynn Dee. I ordered from Al's.

[camille1585]

I'm still waiting to order. I've been meaning to order from Schwerter, so I emailed them to see if they had the Soph by any chance. Hopefully I'll get a reply tomorrow. Even if they do have it I'll still be ordering 2-3 plants from Elsner, and another 3-5 from Claessen in the Netherlands.

[Wynn Dee13]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

Looks like a great bunch of plants, Wynn Dee. I ordered from Al's.

Thanks Leafmite! I looked at Al's too but I didn't see very many TC's that jumped out at me.

[Leafmite]

I've been wanting a dendrobium aggregatum, paph delentalii, psygmorchis pusilla, and a second Cattleya aclandiae since the last time I ordered from Al's so, for me, this was the perfect opportunity. : )

[Mira-Claude]

I ordered today my little cernua var mineira. Her only TC is another cernua var mineiea for Medelia who wanted in the project with permission of Camille!
But since new arrival makes friend easier with new arrivals, I ordered phal honghenensis (braceana) and phal parishii from Cloud.... but since these would have been lonly too, Medelia took anther two plants and another friend from the organisation ordered threw us a paraphalaenopsis from Cloud... Why not right? LOL!

[pasojanice]

Your thinking is so clear to all of us! Way to go!
Janice

[orchidsarefun]

I have mine mounted, no moss. Today I noticed a green growth emerging ! This is after a resumption of the almost daily misting.......there was a break of about a week when we were away on vacation and my waterer forgot to water this one. It looked to me like most roots died, a little bulb also died......but TLC has since worked.

For those that worry about a mount and how to hang it....a while back I came across an idea to display mounts. You fill a decorative bottle with sand, shells etc ( like an olive oil bottle ). Recap it. Drill a tiny hole thru the cap and then push thru one of those plant upports, they're green and have a semi-circular support at the top. They also come in various heights. You then wire a loop in the mount and thread it onto the semi-circular piece of the support. The bottle, being heavy, gives adequate support.........and you have a nice display as well as grow-aid.You can have a higher plant support and then display more of the bottle, shells, marbles etc.

One of these days I will take photos ! yep, it may be far easier than explainin !

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