Micro-mini Masdevallia - Page 4 - Orchid Board

ronaldhanko · #31 04-23-2013, 01:12 AM

I grow it in a tiny plastic pot in live sphagnum, cool to intermediate, 80% humidity and watered nearly every day with a very weak solution of 20-1-1-12Ca-2Mg.

Island Girl · #32 04-25-2013, 05:41 AM

WOW!!! I just absolutely LOVE those micro-minis... I have always been fascinated (& in love) with them!!

Seriously great growing!!

That is one perfect little specimen!! You must be one proud poppa!!

It's been a dream of mine for a long time to have a terrarium full of these tiny-tiny orchids (& other plants too... natural scene: w/ wood, moss, ferns, and orchids...)

Thank you very much for the inspiration!

and for sharing!

ronaldhanko · #33 04-25-2013, 10:25 AM

Thanks, Mary for looking and commenting. It would indeed be nice to have them in a terrarium. The difficult it that they are a whole lot more work when in a setting of that sort. The closest I come to that is a display I put in every year at our local orchid society show: Orchids in Bloom: Mount Baker Orchid Society Show

The Orchid Boy · #34 04-25-2013, 01:57 PM

What a beautiful display!

ronaldhanko · #35 04-25-2013, 02:56 PM

Thanks for your kind comments. It's a lot of fun to put in.

ron-in-norcal · #36 05-20-2013, 02:56 PM

Such a wonderful thing! Would be fun to do a "miniature garden" with orchids like that.

ronaldhanko · #37 05-20-2013, 03:48 PM

I would love to do something like that, Ron, but the time and effort are probably more than I can afford at the moment.

ron-in-norcal · #38 05-20-2013, 04:02 PM

I understand. I was actually thinking of trying myself sometime.

ronaldhanko · #39 05-20-2013, 04:04 PM

I'd love to try a terrarium or something on a larger scale, but I have so many irons in the fire that I'
d just be diluting my other efforts.

Island Girl · #40 05-24-2013, 02:48 AM

Oh, yes, I remember seeing this display before... It is just awesome! I would love to see it in person, it must be amazing!

It looks like a lot of work too! Do u re-use the background the next year? Or create a new one? What size is the case? Sorry for all the questions! Lol but, sadly I don't think I'd ever be able to make it to y'all's show, as it's on the other side of the country from me!