Is this flask contaminated? - Orchid Board

s1214215 · #1 02-22-2009, 02:11 AM

Hi Everyone

I bought this flask a few weeks ago - Renanthera Citrina. It had a few white hairy growths on the roots, which a friend said were just hair roots

. I know my place is a little warmer than where they were before and there seems to be more of them. The are not spreading quickly at all, and only on the roots, but I am concerned they are a fungus or mildew - not hair roots

Can anyone tell me if I have something to worry about here...

Brett

rogerman · #2 02-22-2009, 05:33 AM

No, not at all contaminated.... I just counted my flasks and i have 7 flasks that look the same as yours, although they aren't the same variety.
They look like johnny walker bottles to me lol

s1214215 · #3 02-22-2009, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by rogerman

No, not at all contaminated.... I just counted my flasks and i have 7 flasks that look the same as yours, although they aren't the same variety.
They look like johnny walker bottles to me lol

Johnny is popular here in Thailand

Thanks, I was beginning to freak out as I have searched ages for Renanthera Citrina. I guess my warmer conditions have prompted more growth.

Brett

rogerman · #4 02-22-2009, 06:24 AM

It has been rather warm in the past few days..... Like i was sweating buckets today in my shade house. 36 degrees and in my shade house i had about 85% humidity

s1214215 · #5 02-22-2009, 06:39 AM

Well hopefully when I return to Australia at the end of the year the less than lovely people at AQIS (Australian Quarantine dept) dont get it wrong as to what the fuzzy growth on the roots is. My apartment is aircond to 25c , maybe I need it cooler.

Brett

rogerman · #6 02-22-2009, 06:45 AM

Haha.... By the end of the year they should be in pots growing their little hearts out.

I have all my "Johnny" flasks in my spare room....The window is open and I never use the air-con.....and i've still got those furry roots.

Bangkok would be a little hotter than Nonthaburi I suppose.

s1214215 · #7 02-22-2009, 07:15 AM

I guess it would be.. It has been a while since I got across the river. My plants currently are beside a window but I am working on an aircooled growing case with lights for a few plants I want to propagate and the flasks I have.

Brett