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Weekend repots
I did a lot of repots over the weekend. On friday I repotted my Mps Lennart Karl Gottling 'Red Rim,' into a DIY self-watering pot with seramis. Oddly the pot is staying much wetter with the plant in, than the test pot did with only seramis. Oh well, we will see if it dies or thrives. If it dies I will try again with some pumice or LECA in the mix.
Saturday I repotted 4 phals, 3 of them were mini phals I bought last summer or fall that were still in the original pots. I put them all in fresh moss. One was my little stinker; I last repotted it in Jan of 2019, and though it was a little cramped, it could have stayed in that pot. But, it is a heavy drinker and a bigger pot will hold more water and mean I can water it less often. Since the moss was still in good shape, I just dropped it into a bigger pot and added more moss.
Sunday I potted 3 more; one was another mini that I bought last year, still in its original pot. Most of the roots in the pot were dead and it's very dehydrated, but it has new roots and leaves coming so I think it will be fine. The last two were big phals I bought last fall, that were potted in a bark mix. It was pretty broken down and they were having some root distress, and I have waited almost a year for them to grow some new roots so I could repot. I put them both in moss, I expect that most of the older roots will die but they will grow new ones and be fine.
The only orchids still needing repots are my M. tenuifolias and Oip Bartley Schwarz. I will get to them eventually, i want to put them in self-watering pots if the Mps makes it okay.
I have a bit of an itch for a new orchid. But I don't really have the space right now. Once our living room shelves are built I will be able to get more, I hope B gets that done this fall.
When I started buying orchids, B and I articulated a goal: to have a collection such that something is in bloom all year round. He pointed out yesterday that this year, we accomplished that! This year we've had something in bloom all year. First a NOID phal, then a Gomesa, then an Onc (same one, Sharry Baby, bloomed twice) and right now a Brsdm is in bloom, and a phal and Sharry Baby are in spike. It's nice.
Saturday I repotted 4 phals, 3 of them were mini phals I bought last summer or fall that were still in the original pots. I put them all in fresh moss. One was my little stinker; I last repotted it in Jan of 2019, and though it was a little cramped, it could have stayed in that pot. But, it is a heavy drinker and a bigger pot will hold more water and mean I can water it less often. Since the moss was still in good shape, I just dropped it into a bigger pot and added more moss.
Sunday I potted 3 more; one was another mini that I bought last year, still in its original pot. Most of the roots in the pot were dead and it's very dehydrated, but it has new roots and leaves coming so I think it will be fine. The last two were big phals I bought last fall, that were potted in a bark mix. It was pretty broken down and they were having some root distress, and I have waited almost a year for them to grow some new roots so I could repot. I put them both in moss, I expect that most of the older roots will die but they will grow new ones and be fine.
The only orchids still needing repots are my M. tenuifolias and Oip Bartley Schwarz. I will get to them eventually, i want to put them in self-watering pots if the Mps makes it okay.
I have a bit of an itch for a new orchid. But I don't really have the space right now. Once our living room shelves are built I will be able to get more, I hope B gets that done this fall.
When I started buying orchids, B and I articulated a goal: to have a collection such that something is in bloom all year round. He pointed out yesterday that this year, we accomplished that! This year we've had something in bloom all year. First a NOID phal, then a Gomesa, then an Onc (same one, Sharry Baby, bloomed twice) and right now a Brsdm is in bloom, and a phal and Sharry Baby are in spike. It's nice.