Remove a b. nododa from wood mount?
 

I have a b. nodosa just receive that is mounted on wooden plank. No roots outside of sphag. Can it be removed to put into a wooden basket? Too much stress? All by other brassavolas are in teak baskets. Just wondering?

Thanks...Gregg

I don't have one (yet!) but from all I've seen, B. nodosa does very well mounted. Do you have other mounted 'chids?

I have several mounts...just all my brassavolas are in teak baskets.

I have like 4 or so, all mounted and all love being mounted. I personally would not do the basket thingy. Just my 2 cents.

I agree with Ross on this one. Brassavola will attack a mount (and look great if it's a round piece of wood), but don't really do as good grown vertical...

-Pat

Ya, I would leave it. Ripping a plant off a mount should only be done under really dire circumstances. These guys do really well on mounts anyway.

HI,
I've been following this thread with interest as I just got my B nodosa a couple of weeks ago. It is in a clay pot with 15 or so growths and 2 new ones comming on.
So, should I mount it? My main concern is the dry, low humidity winter that is ahead of me. Also, getting it out of the pot is going to be traumatic both to the plant and me!! A hammer you say??:rofl:

Al

I would leave it , if the roots are attached at all they will be damaged . If moved to a basket it will leave the basket in time anyway . Gin

I have a few mounted and a few potted. I love the mounts, but the plants seem to like being potted more (under my conditions). You could just set the mount into the basket or pot and let it go from there. A teak basket is really like a 3D mount anyways. Whatever is working for you should be fine, but as said in another post, don't rip it off of the mount except in dire circumstances.

Al,

My B.nodsa is potted with sphag in clay, it's been like that for over 2 years and doing wonderful, it's also in spike again. It's just how you prefer to grow them :)

mine loves being mounted and i wouldn't grow it an other way:biggrin:

Thanks Gloria, I guess I'll leave well enough alone for now then. The media seems to be o.k.

Thanks Bonsai, Lagoon (Gloria) is in Canada and you in Texas, probably Gloria and I have similar growing conditions. I wouldn't hesitate to mount it if I had the humidity to support it. Winters here in Maine are very dry....humidity about 30% and I have a tough time with my mounted phals.

AL

I'm in east TX where it is really humid most of the year and mine still do better for me in pots. I do let them get a little drier over the winter (inside), but during the growing season they love it.

I totally agree with the last post on page 1. It ALL depends on your growing conditions and style. Whatever works for you is always best.

Against the grain????
 

Well...I looked at the B. nodosa for most of the week and decided it had only been on the mount a very short time. When I cut the netting holding the spag/roots on the pine board there was no root attachment to the mount, itself. Actually, no rotts outside the sphag ball. The plant is now in a 4" wooden teak basket with wine corks and just a little sphag on top to stabilize. This is the same way all my other Brassavolas grow. It is almost like being mounted. Thanks for all the input and I'll keep the board updated on the status.:bowing

Here is mine it started out in a pot but would not stay that way every time I re did it the result was root damage , there is a pot in the middle of it . Gin