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06-07-2015, 10:29 AM
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the AOS is useful for guidelines only. I prefer first-hand experience - for example I had my habenaria lindleyana in a cymbidium-type pot, which is long and narrow. I can't say it did any better than the medusa. In fact I have 3 plants from 1. The lindleyana I still have 1.
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06-08-2015, 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by orchidsarefun
These were overwintered in a bag of moist/mostly dry sphagnum moss.
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Very nice thread documenting their growth! So you dug up in March and kept in the plastic bag until June? Room temperature, or did it experience colder temp?
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06-08-2015, 08:02 AM
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I suppose 'overwintered' is the wrong word to have used as it wasn't Winter at all - during dormancy all the tubers were in a bag of slightly moist-to-dry sphagnum moss. The ziploc bag was loosely sealed and clipped to the side of one of my plant stands with a butterfly clip. Room temperature throughout dormancy - so a minimum of 70f.
This treatment seems to have worked, we'll see...
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06-08-2015, 03:35 PM
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Thanks for the info!
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06-29-2015, 07:25 PM
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growths are about 2 inches tall......so far so good. I am going to place them outside later this week when lows are in the 60's.
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10-08-2015, 02:17 PM
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update. 2 out of the 3 bulbs are now spiking.
hmmm. I looked back on this thread. Previous blooming was around 21 October, so it looks like this schedule is going to be met.
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10-12-2015, 10:07 AM
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02-27-2016, 01:38 PM
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foliage has died down and I have unpotted the bulbs. 3 bulbs now 4- all good-sized, slow but sure propagation. Now the dormancy until around end-May.
I'm not going to bag them this time around, just leave them all in a pot, bare rooted. I'm trying this to see if it helps them break dormancy earlier as I noticed a few at Orchid Shows that were growing/blooming well before mine.
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02-29-2016, 02:32 PM
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So you didn't post a pic of them blooming this time. Glad there doing well.
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07-30-2016, 10:49 AM
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I potted into a single pot, changed the mix ( primarily organic potting soil - lots of fungus gnats ! ) and put them outside earlier. Wow, what a difference in that they are sturdier and greener. They love it outdoors.
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