Repoting Cattleya

[frostedeyes]

i water mine everyday? and seems no problem about it... check your area...you better find an area where there's breeze... air circulation is important... poor air circulation would cauce bacteria/ fungi...

[RosieC]

Interesting what you say frostedeyes because I keep mine in a plastic pot with bark and I water it every day... but it's in a very breezy spot and seems to dry out very very fast and so needs very regular watering.

[peeweelovesbooks]

I have all my Catt alliance in 100% Leca, and recently switched them to clay pots. They are happy, no rot, no fungus.

I will tell you that most of the old roots usually die after changing the medium though. Most of the catts/Laelias that I buy are potted either in bark or sometimes moss, and I suppose the change in environment does that. I watch the plants closely after I repot to make sure that new root growth is present. It usually takes about 1-2 weeks to start seeing new growth.

Let me see if I can find pic of my root growth in Leca.....


Here you go....


These are new roots growing in one of my (very few) hybrids)






Now that I switched to clay pots, I'm water almost every 2 days, but during the rainy season I very seldom water.

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Interesting what you say frostedeyes because I keep mine in a plastic pot with bark and I water it every day... but it's in a very breezy spot and seems to dry out very very fast and so needs very regular watering.

my laelia is in bark/charcoal, and gets watered once a day, sometimes twice

[peeweelovesbooks]

Here's a general view of my catts/ laelias potted in LECA and clay pots.





HTH!!!

[Call_Me_Bob]

and maria knows how to grow her catts!!

may i just ask you, maria, how often do you water?

[peeweelovesbooks]

Originally Posted by help

and maria knows how to grow her catts!!

may i just ask you, maria, how often do you water?

Mr. Bob,

Since I recently changed from plastic pots to clay, I'm still trying to perfect my watering schedule.

Right now I water very seldom, as it's raining almost every day in my area. I'm now monitoring for too much water---or too much rain. If it starts raining any more than it is now I will probably bring the plants inside so they can dry off completely.

When it wasn't raining it was very hot, so I was watering about every two days for the big pots and almost every day for the seedlings in the two inch pots (that you can't see in the picture because I took them inside due to the rain).

[Call_Me_Bob]

mrs. maria,

sounds good! i guess i get very good air movement. because i have to water everyday, and im in bark/charcoal

[peeweelovesbooks]

Originally Posted by help

mrs. maria,

sounds good! i guess i get very good air movement. because i have to water everyday, and im in bark/charcoal

It's Ms.

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by peeweelovesbooks

It's Ms.

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MY BAD!! sorry MS. MARIA