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.