Deflasking-when?

[Connie Star]

Originally Posted by dsim

finally, i got the bottle... seems like they did not grow much over the last 2 months since my last post in april...

shall i deflask them now?

I would deflask them soon- they look like mine did when I deflasked them 3 months ago, and mine are growing nicely. I put them into a compot with sphagnum. I initially had a plastic bag loosely over the pot, but I opened it for air, and so I could mist it, once a day. I put them under artificial light and out of the window light for a month. Now they are in the sunny window but behind a fern.
Are yours Cattleya dowiana, like mine?

[dsim]

Originally Posted by Connie Star

I would deflask them soon- they look like mine did when I deflasked them 3 months ago, and mine are growing nicely. I put them into a compot with sphagnum. I initially had a plastic bag loosely over the pot, but I opened it for air, and so I could mist it, once a day. I put them under artificial light and out of the window light for a month. Now they are in the sunny window but behind a fern.
Are yours Cattleya dowiana, like mine?

i just deflasked them today, about 40 plants, not counting "miniature" ones. not sure about what hybdrid/species, it is a gift to me. all i know it is suppose to be a mix of three types, one type is a paph. but all look the same to me..

[Connie Star]

Originally Posted by dsim

i just deflasked them today, about 40 plants, not counting "miniature" ones. not sure about what hybdrid/species, it is a gift to me. all i know it is suppose to be a mix of three types, one type is a paph. but all look the same to me..

How many plantlets did you get from your flask?

[dsim]

Originally Posted by Connie Star

How many plantlets did you get from your flask?

about 45

[rogerman]

Originally Posted by dsim

about 45

Good old Johnie walker bottle was it?....Thats how i get my plants Johnie walker bottle with around 40-45 plants in each

[dsim]

Originally Posted by rogerman

Good old Johnie walker bottle was it?....Thats how i get my plants Johnie walker bottle with around 40-45 plants in each

it looks more like a ketchup bottle to me

today, there's only about 20+ left, most of them rot at the base and the plant just dies off. surprisingly, it is the big and tiny plants that survived till today. the "medium" ones died..

the bigger ones start to sprout new roots, should i keep them in the moss, or move them into mix of charcoal?

[rogerman]

Originally Posted by dsim

it looks more like a ketchup bottle to me

today, there's only about 20+ left, most of them rot at the base and the plant just dies off. surprisingly, it is the big and tiny plants that survived till today. the "medium" ones died..

the bigger ones start to sprout new roots, should i keep them in the moss, or move them into mix of charcoal?

Over here we use the 700 ml Johnny walker bottles with about 40 plants per bottle.

AS for the remaining plants, i'd leave them in the moss until they get a little more established. It's a pity you lost so many plants.... you have to be very careful when using Sphagnum moss, The plants stay wet all the time and rot sets in.