Masdie haul

[NatalieS]

Introducing my first masdies. This is also one of my bad habits in action - instead of buying just one to see how I get on, I now own five. They are as follows in the pics with a group shot at the end:

glandulosa
prodigiosa
ignea
coccinea var alba
amabilis 'red'

Any comments on plant condition etc. will be very welcome. I have never even seen a masdie in person before so can't really judge what 'shape' they are in. To my untrained eye the ignea looks a little sparse, but it does have new growths appearing.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

All of them may be over potted. Un-pot them all and check to see how large their root systems really are. I'm willing to bet the root mass is only 1/8 to 1/4 the size of the pots they're in right now.

[NatalieS]

Thanks for the advice king - I'll take a look at them when I get home this evening.

Nice haul and they all look just perfect!
Looking forward to see the blooms pictures.

[NatalieS]

Originally Posted by orchideya

Nice haul and they all look just perfect!
Looking forward to see the blooms pictures.

Thanks orchideya! I am eagerly awaiting blooms too. I'm hoping these guys will like living out on my sheltered balcony.

[GardenTheater]

Enjoy those cuties!

[NatalieS]

Another 'two years later' update.

These masdies were all doing fine outside in their plastic pots, but this year I decided to repot them in early spring into home-made baskets using capillary matting and spagnum moss. The result was an explosion of growth and a first flowering on the ignea and coccinea. I couldn't capture the colour of the red/orange on the ignea properly unfortunately.

[LovePhals]

They are beautiful!! Thanks for the update

[Polarizeme]

Bravo!

[Tindomul]

OMG!! Wow, great haul and flash forward (instantly for me) amazing results. Can we see the type of potting you are using. Thanks for sharing.