Masdevallia bangii

[RosieC]

So cute

[No-Pro-mwa]

Goodness how in the world do you re-pot it, so tiny and cute.

[Magnus A]

Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa

Goodness how in the world do you re-pot it, so tiny and cute.

I do not need to repot it, ever!

It is planted in Hygrolon, a material that do not degrade over time. The only thing I do is take away excess moss now and then.
The pictures below show how I plant my moiture loving plants in pots (plant in the pictures is NOT Masdevallia bangii):

I fill up the lower part of the pot with hygrolon bits and expanded clay pellets (LECA)


I roll a long strip of hygrolon around the roots


and finally I put the hygrolon cylinder into the pot

[Tindomul]

How do the roots grow when its all tightly bound like that. Do they grow between the holes of the hygrolon?

[Magnus A]

It is not particular tight, I do not compress the spacer forming the sandwich between the two layer.
It is like laying several sheets of Hygrolon ontop of each other on a table. the material is anything but dense.

[Paschendale]

That is lovely! So tiny and yet so perfect; I would love to have one of those, but from the looks of your setup, I do not possess the proper environment for that to thrive. I do like the natural moss growing in your pots...I have wondered if the native moss growing in the shady areas around my house would be suitable for orchid use.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Now that's an interesting way to pot them up. Thanks for the explanation and the pictures, very neat.

[hcastil3]

very neat

[tellmewhy]

Originally Posted by Magnus A

I do not need to repot it, ever!

It is planted in Hygrolon, a material that do not degrade over time. The only thing I do is take away excess moss now and then.
The pictures below show how I plant my moiture loving plants in pots (plant in the pictures is NOT Masdevallia bangii):

I fill up the lower part of the pot with hygrolon bits and expanded clay pellets (LECA)


I roll a long strip of hygrolon around the roots


and finally I put the hygrolon cylinder into the pot

Hi Magnus
Can you tell me what is the different between Hygrolon sheets vs AquaMap from Firstrays? Thanks!

[Magnus A]

No, I can´t.

Never had the possibility to see the AquaMap.
The only thing I know is that when Hygrolon was intruduced on the market Firstrays came out with something claimed to be similar. Just a copy on apperance as there had be no time for extensive long term testing.

I have followed the developement of Hygrolon and can say that the extensive testing done before the introduction.

I can only trust the long term tests done on Hygrolon and what has come out in how to use it. It is not a wonder material for everyone but under the right condition it is superb. And what I have seen about AquaMap it is a desktop copy without the optimization under long time actually growing conditions.