Repotting overgrown phal - Orchid Board

Helene · #31 08-14-2015, 07:23 PM

My phal is not mounted- I left it there so the windowsill didnt get wet. Still thinking about that- and I totally agree- its a balance. And with the big pot- thats not balance- I feel I have buried that guy alive. I need another pot.

Maybe get a wider cylindrical pot for that one, then they can be a couple. Two cylindrical pots, with healthy green roots growing free. Maybe. I need to try and feel if it feels okay.
Btw, they somehow reminds me of brains put in glasses with formaldehyde- lol, I'm weird, I know

Yeah- I know the feeling with the root thingy. Most of them I had to use bigger pots than those I had found- the roots needed more space.

The reason for keeping them in pots and hung sideways, as in not free roots- that balance, I really want them to grow like nature, but at the same time its a bit hard misting them every day- without destroying the floor with water. So for now its easier having them in pots. But I really think they look better when they are tilted. Noticed because thats how mine grew when they were neglected, when nature decides

I'm planning on maybe make a wall of cork or epiweb or whatever the name is- and then some sort of aquarium or pot or something in the bottom- to catch water from misting. And well- not sure yet- trying to find a balance between nature and my room, willing to rebuild that room to make a better balance.
Its a reading room, a room for silence, for thinking, or just relaxing. Have a 160x200 bed the other side, with a table that fits books, my computer (I write stories on that, when I don't read), and thats it. Plants and relaxation.

Lol, anyway- yeah- I agree, think we have the same ideas about growing, basic ideas atleast. I like your creativity😊