Project 2015 Spring [main]: Amesiella monticola

[LovePhals]

Yep, I had called hausermann Tuesday to check on my order. They apologized and said they were real busy with mothers day. I got my order today of Masdevallia Maccu Piccu and my Amesiella which is tiny!! It is healthy and has 6 leaves but small. Is it mine or are your all that small to?? I'll post pictures soon.

[gngrhill]

Mine is really tiny also, but from what I've read they all are.

[RandomGemini]

Yeah, mine is really small. From what I have found, the leaf span on these plants, at their largest will be about 7 inches across and they bloom at a VERY small size. Mine is probably a 2 to 3 inch leaf span and I have seen photos of plants that are obviously smaller than this, in full bloom. The cool thing is that it seems like the flowers are always so much larger than the plant, that no matter what size the plant is, the flowers dwarf it.

Neat species! Here's a great article I found on them:

Australian Orchid Council Inc. - Orchids Australia Magazine

[MattWoelfsen]

Thank you for the link, RandomGemini!

[Dcchase]

Hi, my Amesiella monticola will arrive later today from Ray's new shipment. Yeah! I'll post some pics after it arrives.
I am totally new to this orchid. Can anyone tell me what it needs to thrive on a window sill or under lights?

Thanks so much!

[camille1585]

Seeing how I struggle to remember to water mounts daily, I've decided to unmount my plant and pot it up. Not a difficult task since it wasn't really established on the mount. It the end I decided to pot it in medium/chunky bark, in a net pot which I placed inside a plastic pot to maintain humidity (a technique that works well for me). I hope Amesiella likes being grown this way! Next step is figuring out how to give it the higher humidity it likes (only 70% or so in the livingroom)

[LovePhals]

You did a great job potting her up, that looks good. I'm glad you were able to get the long roots in there. Hmm.. I didn't realize it likes humidity that high. I'm not too worried about that. My Vandas do fine in winter with my sub-par humidity of 30-50% so I think my new Amesiella will be ok too I hope. I usually get 50-70 in summer though. I just found a spot for her on my new orchid rack along with my new Masdevallia. These both like more medium light right?

[LovePhals]

Here is my project plant from Hausermanns! I have 2 fresh root tips that I can see on it. Has 6 leaves but 1 is yellowing so I guess 5. It looks healthy I am happy with my purchase.

[ashley05]

Mine came today. I ordered a Paph Villosum (P. Villosum x P. Villosum 'Gold Treat') seedling and the Podangis dactyloceras as traveling companions. I'll post pics of the Podangis in that thread .

The Paph looked good. I'm very excited about this one. I've wanted a Paph for a long time. It had two new leaves and a new root started. It had three fans, but either I broke off the smallest one, or it was actually two seedlings: one with two fans and a single fan. I can't tell . I potted the little one separately. It's so small, I don't know if it'll live or not, but I'll give it a try.

The Amesiella looked really good. It has a new leaf and two little nubs that I'm guessing are roots.

I repotted the Amesiella into a 3" clay pot and small lava rock. I have real issues with overwatering, so this seems to work for me with other orchids so far. I was glad I did because one of the roots still had some florists' foam attached to it.

[reliablefool]

Hmm...so, I haven't done much searching, but did those of us that got ours from Hausermann's actually get monticola? I only ask because the tag says "formerly angraecum philippinense", but I found that as a synonym for amesiella philippinense not monticola. *shrug* Still happy with how the plant looks