On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:45:36 -0400, "Claude"
wrote:

Hello everyone!

I just bought my first flask of : Phal. Penang Girl 'Bedford' x Phal.
bellina 'Wizard'

Now the 64 thousand dollars question: what is the best and safest way to
deflask.

I have a link:
http://www.bedfordorchids.com/flasks...%20Demystified

Is that ok? What is your way?
I grow under fluorescent light!

thanks for your input

Claude

http://www.ladyslipper.com/compot2.html shows another option. Potting
the entire clump of agar is supposed to help minimize transplanting
shock.

If you are growing indoors, you may want to boost the humidity. What
I did was to purchase a 10 gallon aquarium and glass aquarium top. I
put some damp sphagnum in the bottom of the aquarium, put in a shelf
on some upside down pots, and put the compots on that. Prop the glass
top open an inch or so. Rewet the sphagnum as required. Over the
course of the next few weeks, gradually open the top more until you
finally remove it.

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