TIP: Stabilizing top heavy orchids while complementing their beautiful blooms!

[fooferdoggie]

ya this vanda is so top heavy his vase is too light. has to be propped up.

[Mountaineer370]

My two biggest Phals are in clear plastic pots, too, and have become quite top-heavy. It doesn't help that they lean a bit to one side of the pot (as many Phals like to do). So I was trying to come up with a solution to this problem, too. I ended up putting the clear pots inside clay orchid pots like this:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Southern...12OP/300208576

It's not a tight fit. There is still around a half inch between the two pots all the way around, but that works out well, because the plastic pots that these two are in have slots on the sides, too, and roots are coming out both the sides and the bottom holes. So I can fit them inside the clay pots without squishing the wandering roots, plus there's still good air flow.

It's nice to see how others handle this and get some other ideas.

[Keithj]

I think this is quite common. A number of my Dendrobiums are very easily toppled so I’ve had to sheath their pots in pot holders. One of my DenPhals has been an absolute nightmare because I didn’t have the right-sized sleeve for it. It’s now jammed into one that’s a bit too small so it doesn’t look great but I’m not having to repot it twice a week, either!

Keith