Aerangis luteoalba var rhodostica (Project 4 - Summer 2007)

[khill]

I am growing mine in the pot in came in and it has grown new roots and is growing a new leaf. I grow outside in SW Florida. It gets dappled sunlight all day.

During the summer. rain is how it was watered. Now that our rains have slowed down, I water every other day or so with RO water. I fertilize every few weeks.

I wouldn't necessarily move it out of the pot yet.

[jim blanford]

I grow mine under lights with my Phals & Paphs in the pot it came in right next to my project 3 Paph. It has grown a spike that is now 2.25", I water every other day with rain water and fert w/ MSU every week. Here are some pic's. Jim.

[caseydoll]

Mine is doing nothing. I bought it potted and had a lot of trouble with mine. Thats my luck! At first I waited to water until the moss was crunchy and the roots started drying up. Then I decided to mist lightly each morning and before long a white fuzzy fungus/mold started growing all over the outside of the pot. So I pulled it out and mounted it on the only thing I had which was a swampstick. (thank you Becca!) So I'm not really sure if it's happy or not but the leaves still look good I guess. I mounted it with a little moss and it never really seems to dry out much. I'm hoping that will be okay but only time will tell. Leave it to me to have problems. I hope I'm not meant to grow only phals! Maybe I'm not getting the hint or something...

p.s. to add to my dwindling confidence issues I just discoved that I killed another cactus. That wasi innocent cactus victim #4. Who kills cactii???? How
can I grow orchids when I can't keep a cactus alive?
So sorry about this, had to vent!!!

[caseydoll]

Very nice Jim! It looks super healthy!

[Becca]

Originally Posted by caseydoll

Mine is doing nothing. I bought it potted and had a lot of trouble with mine. Thats my luck! At first I waited to water until the moss was crunchy and the roots started drying up. Then I decided to mist lightly each morning and before long a white fuzzy fungus/mold started growing all over the outside of the pot. So I pulled it out and mounted it on the only thing I had which was a swampstick. (thank you Becca!) So I'm not really sure if it's happy or not but the leaves still look good I guess. I mounted it with a little moss and it never really seems to dry out much. I'm hoping that will be okay but only time will tell. Leave it to me to have problems. I hope I'm not meant to grow only phals! Maybe I'm not getting the hint or something...

p.s. to add to my dwindling confidence issues I just discoved that I killed another cactus. That wasi innocent cactus victim #4. Who kills cactii???? How
can I grow orchids when I can't keep a cactus alive?
So sorry about this, had to vent!!!

Sarah,
Can you refresh my memory of your growing conditions again? Are you growing it indoors in a terrarium or just indoors? How often are you fertilizing it? And air circulation? Temps, lighting, humidity? I have some plants still adjusting to the Swampstick....I haven't tried any more plants on them until I get things figured out. Maybe it will be a good experiment for you to try it with the Swampstick since I don't think anyone else is.

[gmdiaz]

Mine looks good but does not appear to be doing anything, at least not while I am looking. . .I'll check again tomorrow. lol

[KEGinMichigan]

My plant is growing a new leaf faster now than in the summer. It's growing in an warm orchidarium.

No spikes at the moment.

Kev

[cb977]

I moved mine into the terrarium about ten days ago and yesterday found a new root!

[esungirl]

Hey thanks for all of the advice. I'll make it my sole goal to get pictures up this weekend. It's still going well for now.

[shakkai]

Mine has new roots that are now attaching themselves to the mount - mine came potted and the first thing I did was put it onto a cork mount. The new leaf if still growing, but no signs of any spike yet.

I'll try to get some updated photos soon.