"Sacha" wrote

"Bob Hobden" said:

"jim west" wrote
Thanks to all for your efforts. The most i have been able to find out
is that it comes from a sub-tropical region in south east Asia.

We now have one piece in a pot (using granulated bonzai soil with gravel
for drainage at the bottome of the pot) on a south facing window indoors
(London) and one on an east facing window using the same bonzai soil.

Also one standing in water (we have very low chlorine count in the tap
water here) indoors on the south facing window. How often should we
change the tapwater in the glass vase please?

If no-one is readily able to identify it, and it might be a rarity
should i consider offering a piece to somewhere like Kew Gardens or
similar? I guess they get fed up with people offering them this and
that.

Based on what type you are guessing it might be, we would be grateful
for any pointers in its care. i.e. left in water, in sunlight or shade
etc etc.



Those roots are so like a cymbidium orchid that I'm wondering if it's
come from a similar habitat, that is it's epiphytic. In which case bonsai
soil is totally wrong and it needs a very open mossy tree stump type
compost just like a cymbidium would.

But the flowers are nothing like, surely?


It's certainly not an orchid, what I'm saying is the roots look exactly like
those of a cymbidium so perhaps it comes from a similar growing
medium/environment needing an open growing medium containing lots of air.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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