Mine has a new leaf growing!

The roots and newest leaf are growing nicely. It has been in the 80's(F) with very high humidity (with intervals of rain).

Mine too.

Mine three. It came with a new leaf started but I can't tell if it is getting larger or not, if it is it's not that noticeable.

And mine 4... It may as well be a plastic plant, it hasn't changed one bit, for better or for worse! All the other orchids I bought as travel companions are happily doing something.

I've had definite root growth of existing roots and it 'appears' to have the start of a new leaf, time will tell though.

My plants youngest leaf has grown as well as the thicker roots, the very spindly thin ones seem to be drying out... Often happens in my growing conditions... Just waiting... As long as the thick ones continue to grow I'm happy, now that it looks like summer temps are starting I'll put it into my terrarium which has higher humidity, which I hadn't done for now... Thanks all for updating or I probably would have left her 'out' in the lounge.

:banana::banana::banana:An update on mine: it's going crazy! Little root nubs everywhere. When I got it, it had a new little leaf started. That leaf is as big as the rest. It hasn't started a new one, but with all the roots, I'm not worried about it. This one really seems to like my conditions. :banana:

Nice, how are you growing yours?

I have it in a 3" terra cotta pot with the mini red lava rock from Repotme. It's outside on my covered west-facing porch, so it gets a bit of morning sun and bright shade the rest of the day. It's been in the 80's during the day and 60's at night. Humidity is mostly 70% or higher, other than for a few hours here and there. I've been watering every other day or so with a tiny bit of fertilizer (BetterGro) at each watering. I use Maxi-crop seaweed extract on it for a week at a time in three week intervals.

Now that I've said that, mine'll decide to kill itself off :rofl:

Well let's hope not! Congratulations on your success so far.

I am back to say I think mine has grown a little :)

Before:
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After:
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Um also I have just noticed that the sphagnum moss has turned green with [algae?]. Does that mean I am a bad orchid grower? (;

That's about what mine looks like

Cool! Well done. No, i would not worry about the Green sphagnum just yet.. But keep a close eye on the roots and make sûre they dry out a bit and don't stay too wet too long

Hmm in that case maybe I should repot into a medium that dries faster.

Do you guys mind if I join in? I diddnt realise we had this for a project... And by chance have acquired amesiella Montecola myself :) if not I understand.

ok by me, others will chime in.

Gngrhill, I agree, it's always great to have another grower in the mix to share advice on the project orchid.

From the previous postings, it appears that I'm being a negligent parent... I water mine once a week in the bark it came in.:) I purchased mine from hausermanns and couldn't be more happy. It had a small spike when I got it. Other than that the only change is that there has been a leaf just starting to grow. I can't wait until mine is as amazing as yours Camille, but goodness. One flower and I'll be hooked for life.

I think it's probably ok. I'm loving this little plant and grow mine much like Tim P. Is doing. Mine also came from Hausermann's. It seems pretty happy with watering it when I think of it, as long as I leave a little bit standing in the saucer under the pot in the mornings.

I may try that with mine... Since it was originally mounted I might have been keeping it too dry (didn't want the roots to rot in the wetter pot environment).
I took another photo to compare to the ones I took when I first bought it, and it confirms wha I thought: The plant hasn't grown at all, other than a root which grew a little bit.

Did you get your from Ray, I can't remember and I don't want to go back through the thread? The pot looks the same. It was so newly potted that I did indeed re-pot mine as soon as I got it. I potted mine in seedling mix that I did put more spagh in. I need to look back at my pics to see if my new leaf has grown a bit.

Oh and I am certainly fine with you joining in :waving welcome.

Welcome Tim, glad to have you Sir!

Yes mine came from First Rays and I have left it as it came. I think it might be staying a bit too wet, it has rained way too much here for potted orchids this summer.

Yes I thought the pot looked way to big for the plant, I was afraid I would keep it to wet as well so I put it in one of my fruit cup pots and burned holes in it so it gets good air to the roots. I'm real glad I did this.

Mine seems to be growing. The roots are longer, the leaf it was growing on arrival is almost full size, and I think there is some swelling that wasn't there before on the stem, but maybe it's just wishful thinking. There's also a new root starting, so it must like its conditions at least a little. I could probably water it a little more since one aerial root is shriveling.

My conditions are between 65 - 80F, diffused light through a bathroom privacy window, and water once a week. It is in bark and whatever else Hausermann's uses.

I know it's not part of the project but my den. laevifolium had the buds it came with blast on the oldest growth, but the second oldest growth has put out buds and I can't wait.

We've been getting plenty of rain and very high humidity so I am rather glad that mine is mounted. I have it sheltered with the Angraecum didieri seedlings but the wind has seen to it getting plenty of water, anyway. I did worry about crown rot but seems fine, probably because of the 80'F + temperatures and the constant breeze/wind.

Mine came from Marble branch. I also kept mine in the bark it came in, but I do water it every day, sometimes I skip a day when the humidity is really high. Mine is inside under the T-5s so it dries out really quickly. The tiny new leaf has grown a little bit and it is showing some little soon to be root nubs, so I guess it's happy enough, though not growing very fast.

New roots! That's always a great sign!

Yes I wish mine would put out a new root.

Mine needs some roots too, after it lost some from when I had it potted.

I wish mine would do anything but lose roots. :(

Mine's still in quarantine. I should probably relocate it to the spot I intend to grow it in, but I can't decide where it will get the water and humidity it needs. It seems happy where it is. New root growth. No new leaf growth yet though, and I wonder if it needs more light than it's getting now to grow better. Hrm...

What exactly is happening? Did you get rid of the mites? From where did yours come? I would call your vendor and tell them about the mites and explain how the orchid has been struggling ever since. Ask them what they recommend you do.

Mine came from Ray. I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt when it comes to these things; the mites if the ID was right feed only on dead/dying plant matter, so the root tip was done for before I got it. The roots have been fine-ish, but are slowly turning brown. The only green root tip was presumably gone before I went crazy and went for a full repot and hyper sanitized everything. It doesn't show any major signs of decline but no signs of improvement either. It's one of those slowly declining things that gives you a glimmer of hope that may something will happen.

Culture-wise, I let it dry to a light dampness before giving it a drink of its own personal bottle of seaweed extract and light fertilizer which happens to be every 3-4 days. Light is filtered and has bottom heat from a seedling mat. Temps range from a 65F night low to 75-78F day. Air flow is mediocre, enough to not have mold issues for the most part. Net pot with sphag and bark to encourage maximum airflow with good moisture and humidity.

"I'm giving it all she's got, Captain!"

Everything else in the window is doing fine, minus a couple! :(

I'm wondering if you shouldn't stop using fertilizer and decrease watering until you see some new root growth.

I would skip on the fertilizer, too. Use the kelp or whatever it is if it is the stuff everyone says encourages root growth.
I have heard that Ray is very nice and he will probably send you another plant. You should let him know, though. He seems to really care about customer satisfaction. Like many vendors, he got them from somewhere else so it really isn't his fault but he would want to know.
As for orchids with root problems, there are two ways to encourage roots. I have not tried the seaweed stuff but NZ sphagnum moss is great stuff for encouraging roots. (I know you are using it). What I like to do for method 1 is to take a basket (I have a bunch of plastic Vanda baskets but the strawberry ones will do--just soak it in bleach first, then rinse well), line it with about an inch to an inch and half of sphagnum moss and set the orchid on top. I use florist wire, sometimes, if I need to stabilize the orchid. I keep the moss damp with distilled or rain water. No fertilizer or anything else. In the summer, you won't need warmth (rooting is best at 80'F+).
The other method, the one I use most of the time is to fill my pot up with red lava rock or LECA and just stake the orchid on top of it. I keep the medium moist for humidity. Sometimes I put a little bed of NZ sphagnum moss underneath the orchid, to be removed later when the roots have gone down into the medium.
For this orchid, I would most likely go with the first option. Remember, use rain or distilled water until you have some healthy roots.
Good luck!

I personally would try sphag and bag. From what I have read these are to be taken care of much like phals, and that has really worked well for me. Mine thrives in bark on negligence.

Thanks Guys! I actually ran out of NZ Sphag quite recently, so I ordered in some take-out... I mean Sphag to get here asap. I'll cut down on fertilizer and everything else! We'll see how it goes!

Here's a photo update on mine. Bottom leaves have yellowed but new leaf starting and acceptable root growth

I will be putting up some new pics soon. I do believe my new leaf it came with is growing and also a new root yahooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

All right! I also unpotted mine the other day to thin out some sphagnum and found two new root tips. It looks like things are moving forward :)