Masd. decumana - Page 2 - Orchid Board

Duane McDowell · #11 11-06-2010, 09:13 PM

I bought one of these not long ago and killed it dead in a week. No idea how...

ronaldhanko · #12 11-06-2010, 10:33 PM

Yikes! I don't find it at all difficult. Would you prefer a decumana in exchange for the Sophronitis. I have an extra.

Duane McDowell · #13 11-07-2010, 12:46 AM

Ron, that sounds wonderful. It was the only Masdevallia I wanted to grow, and it really just crapped out. It didn't have a lot of roots when I got it. I mounted it in the same way I've been doing the Lepanthes and Pleurothallis. Maybe I should have put it in a little clay pot...

ronaldhanko · #14 11-07-2010, 01:30 AM

This one is in a net pot in sphagnum.

RosieC · #15 11-07-2010, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

When I first started with orchids 30 years ago I used to keep records of every bloom, every fertilizing, every repotting, every time the plant went to a meeting or a show. Now I just "wing it."

I try and keep records of the blooms, repotting and a rough status check every few months. They are not the most acurate records though as things happen and I don't have time to record it. Oh well, enjoying them is the key

ronaldhanko · #16 11-07-2010, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by RosieC

I try and keep records of the blooms, repotting and a rough status check every few months. They are not the most acurate records though as things happen and I don't have time to record it. Oh well, enjoying them is the key

That's what I've come to think - just don't have time to keep a lot of records and worry about a thousand little details.