Masdie haul

[GardenTheater]

Gorgeous!

[RosieC]

Fantastic!

[NatalieS]

Flash forward nearly another 2 years, and here Masdevallia coccinea is again. She did bloom in 2015, but I did not take pictures (to my shame). Recently repotted out of the home-made baskets made from capillary matting because, unfortunately, the plant stand they were in started to rust quite badly. They're now all in basalt clay pots.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Wonderful blooms. I almost got my ignea to bloom but they both blasted on me. I still struggle with them.

[wintergirl]

I just started putting some of my masdies in pellets (some with a dab of s.moss) then in a clay pot sitting in rain water. You can tell when it's wet by the color of the pellets. I fill the saucer up even more than the picture shows. Now the clay pot looks wet and the pellets are more wet looking than the picture. But you get the idea. It's sort of a reverse Kool-Log. Seems to be working so far. Time will tell.

[NatalieS]

Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa

Wonderful blooms. I almost got my ignea to bloom but they both blasted on me. I still struggle with them.

Thanks for looking! My ignea bloomed again last year as well, but I do find the ignea much more intolerant of any amount of warmer weather, and any change will cause either leaves to drop, or buds to blast. I'm thinking of taking mine out of spag next year and using a variation of a terrestrial mix - I currently grow mine the same way as my epiphyte masdies.

[Tindomul]

Great update. Your blooms are spectacular! I hope I can grow mine the same way once they start arriving.