Shoutout to Tarzane Group

[Roberta]

I just received my order from Tarzane group, and as always, plants in excellent condition and packaging absolutely amazing. Plants are mini- to micro-, so managing them takes considerable skill For the record:

Micropodanthus alatus
Bulbophyllum corallinum
Angraecum breve
Microcoelia gilpanae

[avian]

Post some photos when you get a chance.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by avian

Post some photos when you get a chance.

Need to get them to bloom first... I'm pushing the envelope with these. But I have hope. I THINK they'll be OK outside for me, intermediate/cool. But oddball species are always a bit of a crapshoot. So rewarding when they do grow and bloom.

I'll gather them up tomorrow for a "befpre
portrait, but they're pretty little (not seedlings, just mini and micro plants... I am out of room so that's what I am gravitating toward) so they won't be very impressive.

[Ray]

I will second Roberta’s comments. Great plants and a good value.

If I’m not mistaken, Tomas used to frequent this site.

I think it’s funny how he named his firm after his Yorkies, Tarzan and Jane.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by avian

Post some photos when you get a chance.

OK. Here's what I got:
Back - Macropodanthus alatus (was in net pot bare root, placed it in a 4 inch basket with some sphag between original basket and the outer basket. Also gives scale.
Front, left to right:
Angraecum breve
Microcoelia gilpanae (leafless orchid)
Bulbophyllum corallinum

Macropodanthus has great roots, I just need to keep the moisture up. Angcm. breve and Bulbophyllum corallinum are well established - not babies, just small plants. The Microcoelia is recently mounted so again my challenge will be to keep it wet enough. Great-looking roots.

[avian]

Very nice. They will most probably thrive in your care.

[Roberta]

Thanks for the confidence... I can hope. I tried that Microcoelia once before, got it to bloom one year but didn't last a second. So I am hoping that I can do a better job of keeping it wet. I also don't recall for sure, it might have been pre-RO system the last time. My success rate for these oddball little things has definitely improved since I got it.

[Keysguy]

Roberta- I got a Macropodanthus cootesii last week from Hausermann. Not much info out there on culture (none actually- I just thought the flowers were cool and knew it could be grown warm) so wondering if you know what it might want relative to your alatus?

My cootesii is mounted btw which is why I'm asking because that's way different than what you're doing to the alatus.

Thanks.

[Roberta]

Well, the M. alatus came in a basket, otherwise bare root - so what I did was just to try to give it better humidity without depriving the roots of air, since it is Vandaceous, and likely needs that "freedom". I looked for info, too... we probably looked at IOSPE and there's essentially zero about it. If you can grow it in a terrarium so that it gets lots of humidity along with the warmth, I expect that it's fine mounted as it is. (My M. alatus is a cooler grower, I'm growing it outside, so humidity is certainly sub-optimal without some help) If you have to grow it out in the open while you're "up north" you could maybe put some sphag at the bottom of a pot, and then just put the mounted plant in the pot resting against the side.

[Keysguy]

I like that idea if I need to up the humidity! Thank you for that.
My under lights set-up here has humidity trays under the shelves and that usually keeps the humidity at or near 60%. As we get into summer, that will run a little higher. It is one of several mounts I bought and I have them all hanging around the rim of a terra cotta pot. I don't think it will want bright light so I put it kind of on the back side of the pot where it's not quite as bright. I also soak it pretty good with a hand sprayer every morning and have a fan running 24/7.

That sound about right to you?