Keep Miltonia from getting wrinkles ?

[snowflake311]

The pot is a tight fit with a little room to grow. I do t mind repotting so moss is fine for me. It's also pretty dry where I live.

I am thinking peat moss with perlite in a plastic pot that has extra holes. It was in peatmoss mix when I bought it and the roots looked great. I am extra carful with watering my orchids. That might be another reason I get wrinkles .

[lotis146]

I'm sweet with underwatering! I don't have too much experience but I'm finding my Miltonia is rather happy in the fine bark mix it came in and my Miltoniopsis, whose had some pleats, also seems happier in a fine bark mix.

Seems you have a pretty good idea what steps you need to take next, but if I may remember to be wary upping the watering at the same time that you change the media.

Either way, good luck!

[dbarron]

I had to read this thread because I'm sure there will be miltonias at an up and coming show and I really love them. However, I'm not very good at bearing the stress of seeing wrinkled leaves...lol...they make me feel bad every time I see them..forever. Even the flowers don't make up for crinkled leaves.
This will either build my sales resistance or make me want another one *sigh*.

[snowflake311]

I still have wrinkles on the leaves. It is really annoying these plants need to be watered a lot when growing. I have gotten a little better at keeping it wet.

I changed the media to bark moss and Peat moss. It still needs more water than other orchids. The plant is happy roots looked great when I repotted it. I now have 5 new bulbs growing.

I am trying to water just a little every other day or so in between in between big waterings.

[silken]

The old wrinkles won't go away but hopefully new wrinkles won't occur. They need a fair bit of water but because of having fine roots, they can rot easily too. That is why these are sometimes considered a bit difficult. I have also read that it may be that some hybrids are just more prone to the wrinkled leaves.

[Brooke]

I use coco peat 50/50 with perlite. A regular peat mix will attract fungus gnats. If you decide to use the coco peat, usually available at hydroponic stores, soak and rinse it at least twice to remove the salt.

Brooke