Moth orchid

[Roberta]

You can adjust the orientation of the whole clump to favor the baby plant, but the baby plant is a part of the whole plant. Let the plant do what it wants to do. Repotting into fresh medium every few years is important for the health of the whole plant. (It's all about roots...healthy roots = healthy plant)

[WaterWitchin]

You don’t need to make the plant “vertical”. They don’t grow that way in nature.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by Roberta

You can adjust the orientation of the whole clump to favor the baby plant, but the baby plant is a part of the whole plant. Let the plant do what it wants to do. Repotting into fresh medium every few years is important for the health of the whole plant. (It's all about roots...healthy roots = healthy plant)

So I can not have the baby plant nearly straight up, and that what you are saying ?.

But I would like it near vertical and I want to know about the leaves of the mother plant if I make the baby plant vertical.

[Roberta]

Let the plant do what it wants to do. Straight up is unnatural, and risks crown rot if cold water sits in the crown. Mother Nature is very clever... Phals in habitat grow sideways or pointed downward, so water drains naturally (they come from a very rainy climate and there are no little fairies flying around with a tissue to blot up water). We stick them in pots pointed upward, and we have to be careful of standing water (and have crown rot problems) The plant "knows" better. If it blooms, you can state the spike(s) the way you want. Let the plant be natural - it's a living thing, not a decoration.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Let the plant do what it wants to do. Straight up is unnatural, and risks crown rot if cold water sits in the crown. Mother Nature is very clever... Phals in habitat grow sideways or pointed downward, so water drains naturally (they come from a very rainy climate and there are no little fairies flying around with a tissue to blot up water). We stick them in pots pointed upward, and we have to be careful of standing water (and have crown rot problems) The plant "knows" better. If it blooms, you can state the spike(s) the way you want. Let the plant be natural - it's a living thing, not a decoration.

Thanks it's indoor, and I know about about the crown it should not get water on it. So I just let it go for another 12 months and then I can re-pot the plant, and then I could have it more vertical ?.

I just hope in 12 months time, that the mother have lost all of it leaves, so I can make it going straight up but do not seperate the two.

[Roberta]

You don't want the mother to lose leaves... that might be the sign of a dying plant. She is nourishing the baby - and any other baby plants that may develop, and it you keep it happy, maybe you'll get flowers and not be so stressed about trying to get the plant to do anything in particular. Remember, the goal is FLOWERS and that takes a healthy plant.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by Roberta

You don't want the mother to lose leaves... that might be the sign of a dying plant. She is nourishing the baby - and any other baby plants that may develop, and it you keep it happy, maybe you'll get flowers and not be so stressed about trying to get the plant to do anything in particular. Remember, the goal is FLOWERS and that takes a healthy plant.

Ok I just let nature take over, until I re-pot the plant in 12 months.
See I live in Australia and I have been watering the plant about every 10 days in summer, but in winter every 12 to 14 days since the Baby came from the crown. And where it is in the lounge room, it loves it there near the window but not a lot of light.

I have notice in the last couple of months, the little one has been getting bigger and bigger.

Many thanks for the help, and I hope to talk to you again in 12 months time for advive on what to do next.

[estación seca]

Depending on your temperatures watering every 10 days might not be enough. So long as Phals. have plenty of air at the roots, it is better if they aren't kept dry. What are your growing temperatures and humidity?

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Depending on your temperatures watering every 10 days might not be enough. So long as Phals. have plenty of air at the roots, it is better if they aren't kept dry. What are your growing temperatures and humidity?

Very mild humidity inside, because of the house has got very good insulation.
See in the winter time it can be cold outside but inside very mild humidity, in summer time it can be very hot outside and inside, the humidity inside is low.

I have long tooth picks for testing every 10 days, I leave the tooth pick in the bark for 5 minutes, and the stick has got mild moisture on it, and this is the same every 10 days.

What ever I am doing now the plant seem to like the conditions of the temperture inside the house, so I don't really want to change anything.