Laelia alaori care tips - Page 3 - Orchid Board

GregorK · #21 08-08-2013, 06:01 PM

Thanks for clarifying James !

makes sense now

Regards Gregor

GregorK · #22 08-22-2013, 08:40 AM

Hello!

So here is my masterpiece

I was waiting for that tree fern for ages! I also went in the forest to gather some moss .

It looks pretty much like yours Isurus.
i placed the fern(in a slight angle) underneath the moss and also some S/H media to fill the pot.
Then i placed the moss and on the top my L. alaori

I also placed some moss on the top of her roots.

I am proud of myself

looks great to me.
What do you say?
It has a new growth now. but i am worried about the discolouration on her leaves

Also, two very small leaves went completely yelow and fall off ( and i have her for just 2 weeks)
Maybe more water? it is placed in a bright west facing window just as you recomended to me.

Regards Gregor

isurus79 · #23 08-22-2013, 08:50 AM

Looks good to me. And your moss will likely die before the Laelia, so let that be a guide about culture. Just remember that in order to keep the moss alive, your water must be pure and the fertilizer very weak.

GregorK · #24 08-22-2013, 08:59 AM

Ok tnx!

By week you mean 1/4 of recomended strength?
I have a NPK ratio 6:8:7

i give about 5-10 ml in a 1,5 L bottle.

isurus79 · #25 08-22-2013, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by GregorK

Ok tnx!

By week you mean 1/4 of recomended strength?
I have a NPK ratio 6:8:7

i give about 5-10 ml in a 1,5 L bottle.

Sounds good to me.

SOS · #26 08-26-2013, 03:07 PM

I don't grow mine wet at all. It is growing and flowering well in a coarse bark. Watered once a week, maybe 2-3 a month I might course RO through it. It grows with all the rupiculous Laelias and sincoranas.

Your moss likely won't survive H202 but if the leaves yellowed and fell off I would give all my alaorii a liberal amount of hydrogen peroxide.

GregorK · #27 08-26-2013, 04:06 PM

Hmmm interesting. Why is H2O2 good for the plant?

IcePenguin · #28 08-26-2013, 05:43 PM

I've had mine for a few years now. I grow it mounted and during summer while outdoors it gets watered a couple times a day. It gets direct sunlight for a few hours in the morning and then filtered sunlight the remainder of the day. It blooms for me off eah new growth. Had a bloom early this summer and there are now 3 new growths which should bloom out late summer early fall.