Back in the land of OZ - Orchid Board

Keysguy · #1 10-28-2021, 12:45 PM

I haven't had much to post over the summer although I did manage to round up about 25 new friends to bring back down to the Keys with me.

Looks like we had a fairly typical wet summer and fortunately no big storms again this year. The plant growth was exponential. Pic 1 is Spanish moss I hang on my vanda family plants under the misters. Now I have to thin it out so I can get underneath to get at the weeds.
Pic 2 is post thinning. Probably should remove some more but that's good enough for now.

If anyone is local and wants the pickings feel free to PM me.

I did manage to move things around on my benches enough to squeeze in the new plants. Lost a handful over the summer that were struggling but that is what usually happens. With that come some fun surprises like finding 5 new spikes developing on my Aerides odorata. My new record!

I have a major re-model in my head for execution starting maybe after the holidays in Jan when it's cooler. I love tinkering with set-ups so I'm really looking forward to that.

DirtyCoconuts · #2 10-28-2021, 03:20 PM

nicely done

that Aer oderata will be magnificent!

looking forward to how you handle the tinker and rebuild

apfire · #3 10-29-2021, 07:29 AM

How do you get rid of the bugs that live in the Spanish moss? Here in my part of Central Florida the moss has lot of insects living in it.

DirtyCoconuts · #4 10-29-2021, 08:07 AM

I don’t. I grow outdoors so bugs are part of the playing field

I have a lot of beneficial insects as well

Keysguy · #5 10-29-2021, 09:20 AM

Interesting, I've never even noticed any bugs in it. I'll have to look closer.

I'm only about a couple hundred feet back off the open water so we always get a great east wind here so that may help my insect situation.

DirtyCoconuts · #6 10-29-2021, 03:08 PM

theyre there, up north though they have chiggers and ticks in it...for us, nothing nasty that ive come across. spiders like it

Fairorchids · #7 11-30-2021, 07:46 PM

I have never been to the keys. If you need some help with minor construction, give me a shout.

Keysguy · #8 12-01-2021, 08:46 AM

Well Kim, maybe we'll just have to figure out a way to get you down here at some point for a visit to the Key West Orchid Society.