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That’s what it said on the baggy anyway … I found an Angraecum Longiscott at home depot today. I think I lucked out it looks like all the baggy orchids were just put out pretty recently everything looked very fresh and not like the poor things had been sitting there for awhile. Just wondering should I pot him up or put it in a basket? Is it ok to hang it next to my Vandas or is that too much light? Can I treat it like my other Vandas? Since I really have a bad tendency to over pot, I just want to get it right the FIRST time. I get a little tired of myself when I have to repot down to a smaller size container on the same plant...:duh: Also does the bloom have a scent?...:hmm...:scratchhead: I know... I know irritating questions…:poke: I also moved this question from the Vanda section... Thanks for any suggestions...:)

Nice find, Jo Ann!!

I don't grow it... needs a lot more heat than I can give! But I did find some cultural information here:
Plant of the Month
(look at Plant of the Month under September Show Table, nearly half way down...) Other sources say, yes, high light. Unfortunately, not much found on how these should be potted. But I surmise that as long as you can keep the roots moist enough, a basket would work really well.

Hopefully someone else here has experience growing this one! and can provide more detailed info. :)

But that's a great find at HD!!

Thanks Shakkai sorry to be such a pest…I know I need to go do my research…just been so pressed for time recently was hoping someone would give me a short cut to a good link…:dumb:

Hey, that's what we're here for!! I'm happy if I can help in any way... just sorry that I don't have some first hand experience to share with you!

Hi JoAnn, I don't have that particular one, but I have the Angraecum Leonis. Yours requires high light, mine is medium. Both need to have a well drainned container. I have mine in a wooden slat box (4"). I think they are all fairly slow growers...I know mine is. The books say that they require less watering in the winter months, but I water mine every day and let dry out good toward afternoon, otherwise mine starts to wrinkle up and an established orchid grower had told me it was because it needed more watering. They love the air, much like a vanda. So having said all of that, I would absolutely treat it like a vanda. One thing I noticed about mine (and mine is a year old and no sign of blossoms yet....fall blossomer) that it really shows you when it's not happy by wrinkling very quickly. Hope this helps some. Oh, and they like the temps 60 degrees or warmer.
Good luck! kiki

Kiki that’s exactly what I needed to know…:dance: one more thing is your orchid sitting in the wooden slat box with the roots completely exposed or do you have some medium covering the roots…?

I have mine sitting on a piece of onion bag that I lined the box with to hold some coconut husk, perlite, and charcoal. There wasn't much room to put medium in, but put some. The roots are growing down through everything and it has three new leaves from when I bought it a year ago. It seems happy. Check it out, only taken a few days ago.
kiki

I gotter done…Thanks KiKi…I need instructions that come with pictures…:biggrin: does it look like I over potted again? The 4 inch seemed too small and the 6 inch might be a little too big…? Also thanks for the onion bag tip I would never have thought of it….

Happy happy orchids! :bananaslide: Happy Happy orchids! Yeah! :cheer:

Hi There! It looks great. Your orchid is bigger and should be fine, but that is a gray area for me. How to know what size to pot them. I knew about mine because I asked my orchid guru :bowing who I bought it from.
All looks fine, just keep her as happy as she is now. :goodluck: The onion bag was one of those "light bulb" ideas when I was panicking that everything would fall out. I always wondered if pantyhose would work, too. Haven't tried it yet, though. Perhaps when I'm desperate. That's when I get all my brain cramps aka "ideas." :scratchhead: :) kiki

I tend to overpot as well............I think. I'm new to some of this and I still have the habits of regular soil grown flowers. I buy an orchid and I repot as soon as I'm home. They seem so cramped! Anyone have a rule of thumb or is it different for different plants? What is the downside of overpotting?

All my Angraecoids are mounted (well a couple aren't) so I can't judge pot size, but each has it's own silly little wants. If yours seems to sulk a while, just be patient. Mine have taken nearly a year in a couple instances to respond to their new home. Even if roots seem to stop growing, don't despair. I had one, Amesiella moniticola, stall on root growth and appear like it wasn't going to make it. Several months later it decided "I may as well grow and live" and now has regrown the original roots, matured a new leaf and has a substantial flower spike. My message with Angraecoids is "Be patient!"

Lots of folks here do just that. General rule of thumb on repotting (size of pots) is dependent on species. Most don't like major shift larger pot, however, some don't take well to root disturbance so need pretty large pot to make disturbance infrequent. Best way to tell is to search the references and ask questions based on specific plants. For instance, I pot my Brassia/Oncidium intergenerics way over size, but I use waterlily baskets to assure all the medium dries out quickly. I find they tend to ramble over the mix and not take too kindly to disturbance. Paphs get pretty tightly potted (repotted) as they need frequent water/dry cycles.

Thanks Ross for more very needed information…you guys all have some great tips and advise…:cheer: my orchids really appreciate you helping me, less stress for them to have to endure by my trial and error I put them through…:biggrin: