Repotting Tolumnia

[AnaLuisM]

Even the long skiny mansanita wood they sell for birds would work since tolumnias are little and a I have seen some even with the hook
I will try to post pictures tomorrow.
Now in regards to fert I have read some places not to worry and in others to feed heavy.... so I just treat mines like the rest

[Carpe Diem]

My Tolumnia Jairak Rainbow "Easter Sunday" is sitting "naked" in the clay pot. It has new roots, grew two fans and gets sprayed maybe three times a week. Now I'm waiting and hoping for spikes.

[lycaonpictus]

Re: fertilizer -- I do the Weakly Weekly thing with mine, heavy on the Weakly. I also don't stress if I miss a week. More so than heavy fertilizing, I find they respond well to really, really good water. I bought an RO system for mine, and they respond well to it -- moreso than any other genera I grow.

[cbuchman]

I'm going to mount mine. I bought two pieces of grape wood and some forest moss at the pet store today. The wood is soaking in clean water at the moment. I plan to mount the Tolumnia and a Aerangis Citrata. Any words of advice? I really hope I don't kill anybody. This is my first attempt at mounting.

[Daenerys]

Good luck! (I'm sure the orchids will be fine :-) )

[inle]

I think I am going to mount mine as well, eventually. The store did have some other ones on sale, so I may go purchase a few more. Or get some off of eBay LOL.

Honestly though, for this one I decided to just keep the pot. I cut away the old roots, added a bit of bark to the pot, and hung it from a hook next to one of my windows. It's been drying out by the time the day ends so I'm not too worried about it staying wet but I think the next time I repot it, I am going go ahead and just mount it instead heh.

[AnaLuisM]

Here are mines, this is from a few month ago
these are actually two mounts with three tolumnias each
and since I mounted them they have tripled in size

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the other one I have (they were 7) its potted with a vanda in lava rocks and its also doing good. They all get sun up to about 11 ? in a screen in shade house

[inle]

oh my goodness, this is slightly unrelated, but is this GORGEOUS paph yours?!

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WHERE did you get it???????

I was actually about to ask about that- can you mount more than one orchid on a piece of wood? So I could mount a couple of tolumnias on a piece? Hm, that would be cute.

here's my cute little one in her pot.....
http://sdrv.ms/SMYs9u

[AnaLuisM]

Thanks the paph I got it at lowes, dont know the name but the plant in currently in intensive care lol. Trying to save it has been a challenge
And yes you can mount a few tolumnias together just leave enough space in between since the grow fast but it looks cute when they all bloom together

[cbuchman]

I did it! I mounted my Tolumnia Pink Panther and it looks adorable When removed from the pot, the roots were in pretty good shape. I did drill some additional drainage holes through the mount to ensure there would be no sitting water in the wood grove. I think there could be some room for a friend or two.

I also mounted my Aerangis Citrata. It came in sphagnum and I knew that would be problematic. Sure enough there were some rooted roots, but not too many. I'm glad my extra keep-it-dry- vigilance paid off.