Phal gigantea

[DirtyCoconuts]

Lol


....aaaaand???
Haha I bet this plant rules now

[DirtyCoconuts]

well, since i already resurrected this thread once, ill do it again.

Six months later and i have a new leaf coming and there are two beefy roots that have already escaped the (fake)hygrolon to seek out their fortunes.

very pleased with the turn around


Pitchers on a wall by J Solo, on Flickr


Pitchers on a wall by J Solo, on Flickr

hopefully it grows appropriately now and i get some HOSS leaves

[farley101]

Hey DC, what are you using for your fake hygrolon? I ordered some speaker/seat fabric from Amazon to use, I'm hoping it's close enough. They call it spacer mesh, so I'm thinking it's close to what I'm looking for.

[DirtyCoconuts]

So that is it. 3D air mesh or air layer fabric. You have to make sure you are not getting the polyester material. It does not wick. You want the nylon stuff

I have literally yards of worthless fabric lol

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

So that is it. 3D air mesh or air layer fabric. You have to make sure you are not getting the polyester material. It does not wick. You want the nylon stuff

I have literally yards of worthless fabric lol

Ya know, I was just thinking about the yards of worthless fabric you have to recover an 80s conversion van. Wouldn't that stuff make a good "sail" somewhere in the yard or attached to house for shading orchids? Or a little lanai?

[farley101]

Ugh, I just looked and I ordered the poly stuff. 😫

I'll have to see what I can find for nylon when I get a chance, too bad you had to go through the learning curve on that!

[DirtyCoconuts]

amazon you should be able to return it...let me dig around but i think i ordered mine from china via DHgate or Aliexpress

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don't return anything...i MIGHT have it backwards....let me go and look at the two bolts and see which is which

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OKAY...i am a fool and spoke without looking

POLY is GOOD, nylon was bad

you are good

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Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Ya know, I was just thinking about the yards of worthless fabric you have to recover an 80s conversion van. Wouldn't that stuff make a good "sail" somewhere in the yard or attached to house for shading orchids? Or a little lanai?

you know i will give that some thought....it is a better solution than wasting it BUT i have never thought of throwing it away (lol) so it really wont be wasted

it is not strong relative to wind...it is much stronger than burlap for wrapping a mount but i feel like even a folded and reinforced grommet would tear out easily...Also i have shade cloth and two 16' triangular Sunsails already.


i do like the idea of using it for something but the right solution has not been given its problem....yet

[farley101]

Yes that makes sense, don't they make performance athletic clothing out of polyester?

It's a test use at this point so if it doesn't work it's not a major investment.

I never throw anything out either, you never know when you might need it!

[smweaver]

So how is your Phalaenopsis gigantea doing now, DC? This is one of those species that I've always been tempted to try, even though its reputation for being somewhat difficult to grow and bloom has kept me from trying one out in my growing area. I have, however, much to my surprise, done very well with Phalaenopsis violacea and bellina over the last year--they survived their first winter in my distinctly non-tropical environment--so I might be working up the courage (or stupidity) to give gigantea a shot.

Do you know why your plant was initially struggling, and (more importantly) what you may have revised in your cultural regimen that's had a positive effect?

Steve

[Mr.Fakename]

I second Steve; you mentioned that gigantea in another thread but didn't include pics (). Give us an update!