Progress! Blc. Lake Murray 'Mendenhall'

[Corsetière]

Well, this is encouraging!

The pseudo bulbs are very wrinkled from the root loss due to adapting to S/H. I guess it has only been in S/H for about 2 weeks now.

[Leafmite]

How wonderful! It is always a relief to see new roots! It must really love all the humidity around the root zone!

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It looks like the eye is going to develop, too! Even better!

[Corsetière]

Yeah, it is a little grumpy because of the transition to S/H and I think I need to work on the light situation a bit too (might be slightly too direct of light). But I think I see 3 eyes on it! Maybe I need to start looking for a larger container!

[Vanda lover]

At this time of year plants can take much more sun. It isn't as strong as it is first thing in the spring and they have had all summer to adapt. I find that direct sun in an east window is where mine do best.
some plants adapt to s/h very quickly, others take longer. I got a bare root miltonopsis in the spring and it loved s/h in lava rock right away. Also reed stemmed epi adapt very quickly. I did try a BLC and it was doing very well too, until I accidentally left it in the greenhouse during a heat wave.

[Corsetière]

This Blc. is getting a little purple coloration on the p-bulbs. The whole plant seems inclined to purple coloration though, as even the roots are purple! So I am not sure if it is necessarily a bad thing that the p-bulbs are purple? Still learning!

I am having issues with switching my Miltoniopsis to S/H but I think it is because it had issues to begin with. S/H is my last ditch effort to try to save it. lol!

[SJF]

Originally Posted by Corsetière

Yeah, it is a little grumpy because of the transition to S/H and I think I need to work on the light situation a bit too (might be slightly too direct of light). But I think I see 3 eyes on it! Maybe I need to start looking for a larger container!

Try first rays for larger containers. If you don't like the look of the plastic container it can be placed in a cachepot

[Vanda lover]

I look for clear canisters at garage sales or second hand stores and use a soldering iron to melt holes.
I was having problems with my phrag until I put it in s/h. It really loves it. In our climate I keep finding ferns and moss growing out of my s/h containers.

[Bud]

your pot is a bit tall for the S/H wicking to reach the top.... you must spray the aerial roots more often....and you have a neat set up there too....

[Corsetière]

Originally Posted by Vanda lover

I look for clear canisters at garage sales or second hand stores and use a soldering iron to melt holes.
I was having problems with my phrag until I put it in s/h. It really loves it. In our climate I keep finding ferns and moss growing out of my s/h containers.

I have become the queen of thrift store glassware. You can get most glass vases for $1 at the thrift stores in my area. I have really loaded up recently. I've gotten the drilling process down so I rarely break things anymore.

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Originally Posted by Bud

your pot is a bit tall for the S/H wicking to reach the top.... you must spray the aerial roots more often....and you have a neat set up there too....

Yeah I was wondering about that so I made the holes a bit higher than Ray recommended for regular pots. I think that will help a little, plus this one had a monster of a root system. I've also been spraying the surface frequently while it adjusts to S/H. Fingers crossed that it works out!

[Vanda lover]

That should work fine. I do the same thing. I have some decorative plastic vases that look nice and work well, but I also put the hole quite a bit further up.