Vanda rooting ?s

[Sharlie]

Jenn, what a great idea. I have one that is hurting a bit too...but it is finally growing roots. I wish I knew about the paper towel trick. I was killing myself to nurse this guy back to health... lol

[trinimom]

one of my Vandas was dying , the leaves were falling off and the stalk was hard and the roots were all dried up.
So I cut the stalk until I found green parts and then put it in a bottle of water with the leaves above the water. I left it there for two days and then changed the water and added some measured fertiliser to the water. I have noticed a bump on the stalk aftre one week. It is still in the water and I change and fert every two days....
This is a trial and error method as I only now saw the relevant posts and what I should have done with spagnum and paper towels etc....
Thanks so much I am learning .....

[JennS]

Well, I don't know how well this would work on other vandas, but it did work in my case. I appreciate all of the comments though and I will post pics of the roots soon...just been so busy!

[trinimom]

Thanks anyway for your post, JennS.

[JennS]

Tinimom, you're welcome! I was wondering about your vanda, is it in water, or sitting above the water? Just curious...

[dianecty]

Hi JennS! I have been trying to replicate your sphag n bag technique. I have a couple of questions though. Do I continue to water the stalk of the plant that has been covered with a paper towel or do I just put it aside and just wait?

If I keep the paper towel and sphag wet doesn't it suffocate the plant because it's bottom is covered?

How long should I wait before I try and see if roots were formed?


Thanks!!

[trinimom]

Originally Posted by JennS

Tinimom, you're welcome! I was wondering about your vanda, is it in water, or sitting above the water? Just curious...

Sorry JennS for the late reply but I only just checked my mail and saw your message.

My Vanda is in water .... but only one survived my experiment...Thanks for asking...

[JennS]

Originally Posted by dianecty

Hi JennS! I have been trying to replicate your sphag n bag technique. I have a couple of questions though. Do I continue to water the stalk of the plant that has been covered with a paper towel or do I just put it aside and just wait?

If I keep the paper towel and sphag wet doesn't it suffocate the plant because it's bottom is covered?

How long should I wait before I try and see if roots were formed?


Thanks!!

Let me see if I can answer your questions.... What I did was usually water the paper towel/spag ball every other day. Keep in mind that my plants are outside in the florida heat, so you may not need to water as often. I always water early in the morning before 8AM, so it has all day to dry slowly. So, I would say you don't keep it wet, but moist at least for a few weeks. When the paper towel starts to desintigrate (sp?) you can check for the first sign of roots. I think tha will take a good two weeks or so depending on your watering schedule. I think I checked once after about a week to make sure nothing was going wrong (rot).

Also, if you look at the pictures on the previous page, in picture four you can see the bottom of the plant. I did not bring the paper towel around the bottom, just a little bit of spag ended up there because it fell down a bit. THe little bit of spag stayed somewhat underneath the plant, but since it was in a one of those plastic vanda baskets, and the plant was hovering slightly above the basket it was able to get alot of air to its base. I think that is pretty important that the base can still get air. I used the two paper clips to attach to the twist tie at the top of the paper towel and that is what kept the plant hovering above the basket. The paper clips were hoooked onto the wire hangers.

Since then, the root (only one really good one still) has gotten much longer and I have let the paper towel fall apart and now there is just some spag in the basket until the plant gets another root.

Any other questions, just ask. Good luck and let us know how it goes!

[JennS]

Originally Posted by trinimom

Sorry JennS for the late reply but I only just checked my mail and saw your message.

My Vanda is in water .... but only one survived my experiment...Thanks for asking...

Well at least one survived! We will never know if we don't experiment. How is the survivor doing now?

[JanetOS]

I would love to see an updated photo of your roots.