P. equestris 'Orange'...

[The Mutant]

Originally Posted by OzPhal

They're beautiful looking plants! well done! as mentioned I wouldn't stress too much about the blue... if you can i'd get one of those propagating trays we were talking about - that way you can keep the temperature up a little and also the RH at around 80%. I received a P. violacea var. 'Blue' whose roots looked like they'd been too moist - no greeness at all just brown and sad looking! and since I've had it in the warmer temps of the propagating tray and 80RH it's shot out two new roots which you can almost watch grow!

Unfortunately, I'm not well enough to go venturing for a propagation tray so I put together a home made keiki nursery.


What you see is both of them standing on a heat pad, covered in a thin plastic film upon which I've placed a moist towel (to raise the humidity levels). The weird solutions I come up with to temporarily solve my problems.

[OzPhal]

Originally Posted by The Mutant

Unfortunately, I'm not well enough to go venturing for a propagation tray so I put together a home made keiki nursery.


What you see is both of them standing on a heat pad, covered in a thin plastic film upon which I've placed a moist towel (to raise the humidity levels). The weird solutions I come up with to temporarily solve my problems.

That should work well... just keep the moisture up on that towel and it should be ok... at least until you can get something more permanent. Another thing you could do is get some coat hangers/wire and bend a frame that could go over the top of them and then put a clear plastic bag or something over them - or get some large zip lock bags and put each plant in a zip lock bag and close it slightly... just rememeber to open it a few times throughout the day to let some fresh air in