Your help with Onc. Sharry Baby repotting

[Dollythehun]

bil, I saw an azalea pot at Lowe's last night. I am going to mostly use your method. Thanks. I flirted with the idea of mounting and putting it in a plank. But, ES is right about the watering....

[bil]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

bil, I saw an azalea pot at Lowe's last night. I am going to mostly use your method. Thanks. I flirted with the idea of mounting and putting it in a plank. But, ES is right about the watering....

Glad to be of help. Part of the problem with epiphytic orchids is that they seem to like the wetting then fast drying cycle that a mount provides. So, if you want to provide that, then in summer, daily watering is a must. Mind you, it doesn't take that long. I currently take 45 minutes to spray all my mounts, which averages out at about 25 seconds a mount, which isn't a whole lot of time spent.

[Dollythehun]

Yes, but the I do not have the set up to spray as you do
Nor the flood insurance for my house.😁

[bil]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

Yes, but the I do not have the set up to spray as you do
Nor the flood insurance for my house.😁

That's just an engineering problem. The 5 litre spray is easy to purchase. If I had to have a mount indoors, I would make a lightweight cylinder out of thin plastic, with a funnel at the bottom to catch the water. It would have an open top, and a hole in the side.

You would hold the spray booth in the left hand, and lift it up under the orchid until the plant is inside. Spray with the right hand, and when it has had enough, just wait for a minute to allow for drips.

If you had a lot of mounts inside, every few mounts you tip the contents of the spray booth into a bucket.

Thinking about it, you could get a water bottle for 5 litres or bigger, of drinking water. Make the hole in the bottom not by cutting the bottom off, but by cutting a circular hole in the bottom, so you retain the bottom edge for strength.

Then cut a hole in the side - not too big, just big enough for the spray head plus a bit of movement and there you are. Your very own orchid spray booth!

[Dollythehun]

bil, are you as handsome as McGyver too? 😀😁😃😄

[bil]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

bil, are you as handsome as McGyver too? 😀😁😃😄

Not sure who he is, but thank you for the compliment.

I'm older and uglier for certain.

My father died when I was quite young, 8 or 9, and almost all of the men in my family that were left, grandfather uncles, died in the same year.

So, I grew up with no one telling me what was possible and what wasn't. So, I would make mistakes and find out the hard way what definitely was beyond me, but you would be surprised how many things that people say you can't do, are actually quite easy, especially if no one tells you it's impossible.

I once read where someone said "There is an engineering solution to everything.." and it's true. Of course sometimes the price is too high, but it's usually there if you look.

I've posted a pic of my mounted zygo to this with my hand for scale, so you can see what something that size looks mounted.

[Dollythehun]

Very nice, bil. I'll post a picture when I finish.

[bil]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

Very nice, bil. I'll post a picture when I finish.

Thank you. I'd like to see that.

[Dollythehun]

MacGyver (TV Series 1985–1992) - IMDb

Hope this works.

[bil]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

MacGyver (TV Series 1985–1992) - IMDb

Hope this works.

I'm definitely not a butch heartthrob like that. Back in the day, when I was a LOT younger, I used to look a bit like Illya Kuriakin from the Man from Uncle.

Now, I'm old, my hips are screwed and my back hurts. Like so many old people I look in the mirror, and inside the young me just wonders what the heck happened.