Project 2015 Spring: Podangis dactyloceras

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Pixi

Yours actually looks bigger then mine Camille!

Mine is still hanging in my kitchen haven't had the time to put it anywhere else yet ( stomach bug going around the house and birthdays to celebrate) but it seems to like where it is for now i guess since the leaves are slowly fanning out. i spray the roots in the morning, sometimes like the day before yesterday when ( for The Netherlands) it was warm i misted it a little as soon as the sun was out of my kitchen.
i also took one staple out ( and broke a root ) and surprisingly the plant was attached to the wood, then i tried to take out the other two but that was impossible because the roots were growing up and over the staples.. so i am hoping the staples are not going to rust because i see no way of getting the plants free of them..

i am curious about the Oncidium Kutoo CT Little Cherry, was it in spike? It was on my list too!
i'm going to visit the nursery at the end of this month to pick up my new C. Maxima and probably come back with a lot more...

I haven't tried removing staples yet, but at least one of the plants seems to have a root or 2 firmly attached to the mount.

No, the Onc isn't in spike/bloom. It's such a tiny little plant! I'd love to go back down to the nursery, but it's 120 km from here and we don't have a car and by public transport it takes 3 hours to get there. When I went to visit it was with an ex-colleague who likes orchids too, and he offered me a ride down. I came back with 6-7 plants! We could go down on the motorcycle, but it means I can't buy orchids... Have you visited before? His greenhouses are really nice, and clean, and there's a separate building where you can have some coffee/tea. I love that's there's a window in that room that gives you a view on the shelves and shelves of flasks they have...

[Pixi]

It is about that far for me too, but i have a car so it's a bit easier.
i decided to give it one more go to get the staples off and succeeded!
2 of the growths were established but one fell of once the staples gave way.
this one has new roots coming which is good because the staples already did a gruesome job on the roots that got stuck under them.
i mounted it on a piece of grape wood i had lying around and it looks okay for a first timer , now fingers crossed that it'll catch hold on the wood soon

[RandomGemini]

Small pic, but here's mine: I'm considering mounting it and putting it in my terrarium.

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[camille1585]

The plants you guys are getting in the US just seem huge compared to any I've seen in Europe. Even my first plant which had over a dozen growths at the time it died didn't have fans are large as yours.

[ChryT]

Just received mine today during lunch time. It looked okay in the pot but after I went home and unpotted it, only to find all roots were rotten.

[shadytrake]

ChryT,

I would contact the grower and have them send you another. I don't think that will survive.

[RandomGemini]

Camille, my plant is about 3 inches across in leaf span and three inches tall. It's in a 2 inch pot. Maybe the photos make it look big? It seems very tiny to me.

ChryT I agree with Melissa. Email the grower and ask for a replacement.

[camille1585]

The largest fan on mine is under 2 inches each way. My first Podangis was only slightly larger if I remember right. Maybe the clone commonly found in Europe is smaller than the US one?

[ChryT]

shadytrake, RandomGemini,

Sent an email to the seller yesterday night with photos and still waiting for reply. Unfortunately, it's not the only rootless plant in the whole order.

[RandomGemini]

Originally Posted by camille1585

The largest fan on mine is under 2 inches each way. My first Podangis was only slightly larger if I remember right. Maybe the clone commonly found in Europe is smaller than the US one?

That's certainly a possibility. It's probably like everything else in the US. We have gigantic kitchens, drive huge cars... it would not shock me if the orchids grown here are just bigger too. LOL!

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Originally Posted by ChryT

shadytrake, RandomGemini,

Sent an email to the seller yesterday night with photos and still waiting for reply. Unfortunately, it's not the only rootless plant in the whole order.

This sucks. I hope they offer you a replacement. I would be angry about that.. and as a result of your experience, I will now be checking the roots on my other plants from my most recent order.