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Bak Truth Silver Chalice
Pics were posted on the binary group and I hope someone can guide me as to
how to take care of this. BetsyB "BetsyB" wrote in message ... I bought this lovely plant a couple years ago and have not murdered it yet. I have had no flowers since I first got it and now it's just nice healthy looking stalks with a couple keiki looking thingies growing towards the tops of one stalk . My Den Nobile had almost 17 keikis and it died soon after. Thing this is on it's last legs too? It has new shoots coming from the bottom and they look healthy enuf. I just am asking if I should remove the new keikis and hope for the best. I repotted last year and otherwise it looks good and I am still hoping. I looked on google for growing tips and sound nothing. BetsyB P.S. Hoyas do far better under my care than orchids have. |
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Bak Truth Silver Chalice
BetsyB wrote: Pics were posted on the binary group and I hope someone can guide me as to how to take care of this. BetsyB "BetsyB" wrote in message ... I bought this lovely plant a couple years ago and have not murdered it yet. I have had no flowers since I first got it and now it's just nice healthy looking stalks with a couple keiki looking thingies growing towards the tops of one stalk . My Den Nobile had almost 17 keikis and it died soon after. Thing this is on it's last legs too? It has new shoots coming from the bottom and they look healthy enuf. I just am asking if I should remove the new keikis and hope for the best. I repotted last year and otherwise it looks good and I am still hoping. I looked on google for growing tips and sound nothing. BetsyB P.S. Hoyas do far better under my care than orchids have. Hi Betsy, Your original posting is about Bakerara Truth 'Silver Chalice' but the story about the Dendrobium sort of muddies the waters. Bakerara Truth is a member of the Oncidium family and, as such, does not have "stalks" it has bulbs. Entirely different plant from a Dendrobium & frankly I've never seen it make keikis. But it is possible for keikis to grow from the top of a bulb that has lost it's leaves. The care for Bakerara Truth is: grow it in as small a pot as will contain the root system, in a well drained yet water retentive media. Like cocoanut chips mixed with pearlite (there are lots of other mixes you can use but it must never dry out.) Not be "wet" but well watered & allowed to dry to "just moist" then water again. Fertilize "weekly weakly" with a balanced fertilizer & give it 50% shade or 50% sun however you want to say it. If it does indeed have keikis on it let them alone till you have 4" of roots then gently remove keiki & dust the area it came from with a fungicide (cinnamin is good) pot the keiki in as small a pot as you can find or-- mount it on a small slab using sphagnum moss for water retention till the plant grows larger. You can go to my website: http://www.orchidislandorchids.com and click on "care" at the top of any page. It will explain hoe to care for Oncidiums. Good Luck, Bill |
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Bak Truth Silver Chalice
"Bill" wrote in message ups.com... BetsyB wrote: Pics were posted on the binary group and I hope someone can guide me as to how to take care of this. BetsyB "BetsyB" wrote in message ... I bought this lovely plant a couple years ago and have not murdered it yet. I have had no flowers since I first got it and now it's just nice healthy looking stalks with a couple keiki looking thingies growing towards the tops of one stalk . My Den Nobile had almost 17 keikis and it died soon after. Thing this is on it's last legs too? It has new shoots coming from the bottom and they look healthy enuf. I just am asking if I should remove the new keikis and hope for the best. I repotted last year and otherwise it looks good and I am still hoping. I looked on google for growing tips and sound nothing. BetsyB P.S. Hoyas do far better under my care than orchids have. Hi Betsy, Your original posting is about Bakerara Truth 'Silver Chalice' but the story about the Dendrobium sort of muddies the waters. Bakerara Truth is a member of the Oncidium family and, as such, does not have "stalks" it has bulbs. Entirely different plant from a Dendrobium & frankly I've never seen it make keikis. But it is possible for keikis to grow from the top of a bulb that has lost it's leaves. The care for Bakerara Truth is: grow it in as small a pot as will contain the root system, in a well drained yet water retentive media. Like cocoanut chips mixed with pearlite (there are lots of other mixes you can use but it must never dry out.) Not be "wet" but well watered & allowed to dry to "just moist" then water again. Fertilize "weekly weakly" with a balanced fertilizer & give it 50% shade or 50% sun however you want to say it. If it does indeed have keikis on it let them alone till you have 4" of roots then gently remove keiki & dust the area it came from with a fungicide (cinnamin is good) pot the keiki in as small a pot as you can find or-- mount it on a small slab using sphagnum moss for water retention till the plant grows larger. You can go to my website: http://www.orchidislandorchids.com and click on "care" at the top of any page. It will explain hoe to care for Oncidiums. Good Luck, Bill Thanks so much for the link, Bill. I will definitely check it out. They look the same as the keikis on the Den I murdered previously. |
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