new self watering clay mount thin -OR- Step Right Up and see the new mousetrap!!!

[DirtyCoconuts]

terraplanter - visibly follow the journey from seed to plant by terraplanter — Kickstarter

its quite pretty but i am tickled that they show a tolumnia and a Phal in their promo materials as one of it's selling points is that you can just peel the plants off of it...does not sound too good for orchid roots

[DrDawn]

Yea, I can't find a high-res image for either of the orchid pics that actually makes the roots look attached! It looks very staged from the pics. Although admittedly Kool-Logs also note that it is easy to remove/"repot" orchids from these substrates, so who knows?

Have you bought one? I'm curious, but not quite $60 curious...

[DirtyCoconuts]

same here- i did not purchase one and nor will I, i just like the idea of a "moist mount" or some thing that stays wet longer and i am always attempting to make stuff so i read when someone else has innovated...or is trying to LOL

[kvet]

It's a textured chia pet!

[DirtyCoconuts]

LOL! i thought the same thing!!

[DrDawn]

We had a textured chia pet in the 1990s and my dad kept it in the greenhouse! Although we couldn't really get anything to grow on it because it stayed too wet. I looked up pics and now they don't have texture anymore? They are just smooth?

[Roberta]

I just heard a talk by Jason Fischer of Orchids Limited (San Francisco Orchid Society on Zoom) where he talks about a "JungleLlog" that he creates. Concept comes form the Japanese kokedama comcept. What Jason did was use 2 8 inch baskets, and a 5 inch terracotta pot without a hole. The clay pot goes in one of the baskets, fill in between the basket and pot with any mostly inorganic mix (he used #4, large, perlite with some chopped sphagnum), fill the other basket with the same inorganic mix, then put the two baskets together (line up the holes) and wire tog3ther, so it's sort of an 8-sided ball. Then the whole thing is wrapped in sheet moss, held in place with lots of fishing line. The clay pot is in the lower part with the opening upward, so that it can hold water and and wick it into the moss. Plants that need more water can be mounted on the lower half, those that need less on the upper part. Pretty neat.

Video of the meeting including the talk is on YouTube
If the video doesn't play, search YouTube for "SFOS June 2, 2020 Meeting" or just San Francisco Orchid Society.

[DrDawn]

The video won't play for me (even on Youtube, it says that it is "The Premiere will begin shortly" but nothing ever plays?). I'm envisioning a round Kool-Log? I'm about to get some Masdies so I'm trying to figure out how to keep them moist enough...

[Roberta]

Looks like the video is still being worked on...maybe check tomorrow. They had to do a bit of editing, we got zoom bombed. When this comes back (it will, if it doesn't I'll let the president know) do check out the talk. I think this would be perfect for Masdevallias, needing water only once a week or so, and lasting for years.

[DrDawn]

Really cool! Thanks for sharing. I'll keep an eye out for the video!