Onc. Sharry Baby in water culture
 

This is Onc. Sharry Baby 'Short Sharry', my favorite of the five different clones I have grown.

It has been growing in water culture for 3 years and this is one of 4 divisions since. It has grown faster than in any other medium I had tried in the past 20+ years and the flowers last longer. This is one plant I keep in water culture permanently because I can keep it compact when not in bloom since the roots are growing dense and short, as you can see from the close-up picture, and the plant remains easy to lift. The older I get the more important this has become. Division is also easy. One cut and I can put the divisions in semi-hydro and give them away.
Right now there is a sibling about to bloom in South America in the yard of a friend who has many in pots and wild orchids all over her trees but wanted this one.:rofl:
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Your posts/pics always just AMAZE me!!!

I want all mine in vases now!!! :rofl:
My hubby might not take that news very well though ::)

Sure Susanne with your 1,000 orchids the smell of dead algae and the mosquitos at night would feel like you were living in the swamps.

But I really want to want to water my orchids with the hose like I imagine you do.

Very nice ! thanks for sharing

LOL...it's only about 400 ;)

I use a 2 gallon pump sprayer with rainwater to mist them every day and a 1 gallon motorized sprayer to feed the mounts and vandas once a week, a watering can for the rest :faint:

Motorized sprayer?
Now I am really interested. Is it on wheels and can you recommend one?

sue, ONLY 400 ???:faint:
i didn't know oncidiums would grow this way! thanks for sharing!:biggrin:

Sun RM, I have followed some of the water culture threads and am always up for trying something new but i have 2 questions for you, :blushing: hope you dont mind.
How do you do the transition from medium to water and what happens in the winter when the water gets cold?:scratchhead:

Thanks

I'm so glad you asked Soonix. I'd like to know also. I was asking myself, 'should I, should't I ask?' and then I saw your post.::coverlaugh:

You know it, great minds..........:bananaslide: