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sub-basal keiki?
As I was watering my Dtps Talitha Gem this morning, I noticed the tip of a
new leaf coming out of the bark below the mother plant. I know that Dtps hybrids that are close to the Doritis parent can have basal keikis even when healthy, but this is not exactly a basal keiki since it definitely starts below the base. I uncovered the bark that was covering the leaf, and the leaf starts about 1 inch below surface level -- I can't tell what it is growing out of until I repot, I was planning to repot tomorrow anyway. So far it looks like it is only one leaf. The mother plant looks healthy and she is growing a new leaf of her own from the top center of her crown right now. But this new baby leaf that starts below surface looks fairly healthy too, though perhaps a little pale and a little fragile, but it's still very small (only about 1.5 inches in length, only about .5 of which were above the surface before I undug it this morning). My questions: 1) Has anyone seen anything like that? 2) When I repot this plant tomorrow, should I ensure that the leaf starts above the surface of the media, even if this means that the media surface will have to be much lower than it would be otherwise, or be quite lopsided? 3) I was planning to change from bark to moss when repotting, since I am trying to get as many of my plants into moss as possible, for my own convenience (since I am not good at judging when a plant needs water if it is in bark). The sister plant to this one has already been repotted into moss, and now I know that watering once a week is just right with this size pot in moss in my environment. Now that I have this sub-surface keiki, should I reconsider these plans? Are there any reasons not to use moss when repotting this plant (as long as I try to keep this leaf somehow from being buried in the media which will be a challenge)? If you have trouble understanding my explanation or questions, please let me know and I will try to rephrase. I noticed that my sentence structure above is rather bizarre, but I am trying to explain and ask complex things, and then I tend to get lost in my own sentences. :-) Thanks, Joanna |
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sub-basal keiki?
Joanna,
That is very common for doritaenopsis, especially when they have a lot of doritis in their background. When you repot, do so to the same depth that it is currently. The plantlet will grow fine from there. It is probably growing from the base of the mother plant, and may never get a sufficient, independent root system to be separated, but just think of the display when it matures and both are blooming! It is also likely that you'll get more of the same as time goes by. One last thing: correct your tag. It's either Dtps. Talitha Klehm or Dtps. Talitha's Gem, which is the former crossed back to Doritis pulcherrima. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... As I was watering my Dtps Talitha Gem this morning, I noticed the tip of a new leaf coming out of the bark below the mother plant. I know that Dtps hybrids that are close to the Doritis parent can have basal keikis even when healthy, but this is not exactly a basal keiki since it definitely starts below the base. I uncovered the bark that was covering the leaf, and the leaf starts about 1 inch below surface level -- I can't tell what it is growing out of until I repot, I was planning to repot tomorrow anyway. So far it looks like it is only one leaf. The mother plant looks healthy and she is growing a new leaf of her own from the top center of her crown right now. But this new baby leaf that starts below surface looks fairly healthy too, though perhaps a little pale and a little fragile, but it's still very small (only about 1.5 inches in length, only about .5 of which were above the surface before I undug it this morning). My questions: 1) Has anyone seen anything like that? 2) When I repot this plant tomorrow, should I ensure that the leaf starts above the surface of the media, even if this means that the media surface will have to be much lower than it would be otherwise, or be quite lopsided? 3) I was planning to change from bark to moss when repotting, since I am trying to get as many of my plants into moss as possible, for my own convenience (since I am not good at judging when a plant needs water if it is in bark). The sister plant to this one has already been repotted into moss, and now I know that watering once a week is just right with this size pot in moss in my environment. Now that I have this sub-surface keiki, should I reconsider these plans? Are there any reasons not to use moss when repotting this plant (as long as I try to keep this leaf somehow from being buried in the media which will be a challenge)? If you have trouble understanding my explanation or questions, please let me know and I will try to rephrase. I noticed that my sentence structure above is rather bizarre, but I am trying to explain and ask complex things, and then I tend to get lost in my own sentences. :-) Thanks, Joanna |
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sub-basal keiki?
Joanna,
That is very common for doritaenopsis, especially when they have a lot of doritis in their background. When you repot, do so to the same depth that it is currently. The plantlet will grow fine from there. It is probably growing from the base of the mother plant, and may never get a sufficient, independent root system to be separated, but just think of the display when it matures and both are blooming! It is also likely that you'll get more of the same as time goes by. One last thing: correct your tag. It's either Dtps. Talitha Klehm or Dtps. Talitha's Gem, which is the former crossed back to Doritis pulcherrima. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... As I was watering my Dtps Talitha Gem this morning, I noticed the tip of a new leaf coming out of the bark below the mother plant. I know that Dtps hybrids that are close to the Doritis parent can have basal keikis even when healthy, but this is not exactly a basal keiki since it definitely starts below the base. I uncovered the bark that was covering the leaf, and the leaf starts about 1 inch below surface level -- I can't tell what it is growing out of until I repot, I was planning to repot tomorrow anyway. So far it looks like it is only one leaf. The mother plant looks healthy and she is growing a new leaf of her own from the top center of her crown right now. But this new baby leaf that starts below surface looks fairly healthy too, though perhaps a little pale and a little fragile, but it's still very small (only about 1.5 inches in length, only about .5 of which were above the surface before I undug it this morning). My questions: 1) Has anyone seen anything like that? 2) When I repot this plant tomorrow, should I ensure that the leaf starts above the surface of the media, even if this means that the media surface will have to be much lower than it would be otherwise, or be quite lopsided? 3) I was planning to change from bark to moss when repotting, since I am trying to get as many of my plants into moss as possible, for my own convenience (since I am not good at judging when a plant needs water if it is in bark). The sister plant to this one has already been repotted into moss, and now I know that watering once a week is just right with this size pot in moss in my environment. Now that I have this sub-surface keiki, should I reconsider these plans? Are there any reasons not to use moss when repotting this plant (as long as I try to keep this leaf somehow from being buried in the media which will be a challenge)? If you have trouble understanding my explanation or questions, please let me know and I will try to rephrase. I noticed that my sentence structure above is rather bizarre, but I am trying to explain and ask complex things, and then I tend to get lost in my own sentences. :-) Thanks, Joanna |
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sub-basal keiki?
Ray,
Thank you for your response. The tag does say Dtps. Talitha's Gem -- I was sloppy in typing, sorry. I knew that this was common in Doritaenopsis with lots of Doritis -- Al told me, when he sold me this plant -- but I was expecting the basal keikis to start closer to the surface of the media not one inch below, it was really funny undigging this leaf earlier today, before that only the tip was showing. One other thing that I wonder about is where this keiki is going to continue to grow. Right now the leaf is right underneath the mother plant's leaf, and I don't see how it's going to have enough space to grow up if it is to stay together with the mother plant and never get separated. But I guess the plants will sort it out, and I will just keep observing this phenomenon. :-) Joanna (who is quite happy about this new interesting orchid activity to observe) "Ray" wrote in message ... Joanna, That is very common for doritaenopsis, especially when they have a lot of doritis in their background. When you repot, do so to the same depth that it is currently. The plantlet will grow fine from there. It is probably growing from the base of the mother plant, and may never get a sufficient, independent root system to be separated, but just think of the display when it matures and both are blooming! It is also likely that you'll get more of the same as time goes by. One last thing: correct your tag. It's either Dtps. Talitha Klehm or Dtps. Talitha's Gem, which is the former crossed back to Doritis pulcherrima. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . . . . . . . . . . . "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... As I was watering my Dtps Talitha Gem this morning, I noticed the tip of a new leaf coming out of the bark below the mother plant. I know that Dtps hybrids that are close to the Doritis parent can have basal keikis even when healthy, but this is not exactly a basal keiki since it definitely starts below the base. I uncovered the bark that was covering the leaf, and the leaf starts about 1 inch below surface level -- I can't tell what it is growing out of until I repot, I was planning to repot tomorrow anyway. So far it looks like it is only one leaf. The mother plant looks healthy and she is growing a new leaf of her own from the top center of her crown right now. But this new baby leaf that starts below surface looks fairly healthy too, though perhaps a little pale and a little fragile, but it's still very small (only about 1.5 inches in length, only about .5 of which were above the surface before I undug it this morning). My questions: 1) Has anyone seen anything like that? 2) When I repot this plant tomorrow, should I ensure that the leaf starts above the surface of the media, even if this means that the media surface will have to be much lower than it would be otherwise, or be quite lopsided? 3) I was planning to change from bark to moss when repotting, since I am trying to get as many of my plants into moss as possible, for my own convenience (since I am not good at judging when a plant needs water if it is in bark). The sister plant to this one has already been repotted into moss, and now I know that watering once a week is just right with this size pot in moss in my environment. Now that I have this sub-surface keiki, should I reconsider these plans? Are there any reasons not to use moss when repotting this plant (as long as I try to keep this leaf somehow from being buried in the media which will be a challenge)? If you have trouble understanding my explanation or questions, please let me know and I will try to rephrase. I noticed that my sentence structure above is rather bizarre, but I am trying to explain and ask complex things, and then I tend to get lost in my own sentences. :-) Thanks, Joanna |
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sub-basal keiki?
Ray,
Thank you for your response. The tag does say Dtps. Talitha's Gem -- I was sloppy in typing, sorry. I knew that this was common in Doritaenopsis with lots of Doritis -- Al told me, when he sold me this plant -- but I was expecting the basal keikis to start closer to the surface of the media not one inch below, it was really funny undigging this leaf earlier today, before that only the tip was showing. One other thing that I wonder about is where this keiki is going to continue to grow. Right now the leaf is right underneath the mother plant's leaf, and I don't see how it's going to have enough space to grow up if it is to stay together with the mother plant and never get separated. But I guess the plants will sort it out, and I will just keep observing this phenomenon. :-) Joanna (who is quite happy about this new interesting orchid activity to observe) "Ray" wrote in message ... Joanna, That is very common for doritaenopsis, especially when they have a lot of doritis in their background. When you repot, do so to the same depth that it is currently. The plantlet will grow fine from there. It is probably growing from the base of the mother plant, and may never get a sufficient, independent root system to be separated, but just think of the display when it matures and both are blooming! It is also likely that you'll get more of the same as time goes by. One last thing: correct your tag. It's either Dtps. Talitha Klehm or Dtps. Talitha's Gem, which is the former crossed back to Doritis pulcherrima. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . . . . . . . . . . . "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... As I was watering my Dtps Talitha Gem this morning, I noticed the tip of a new leaf coming out of the bark below the mother plant. I know that Dtps hybrids that are close to the Doritis parent can have basal keikis even when healthy, but this is not exactly a basal keiki since it definitely starts below the base. I uncovered the bark that was covering the leaf, and the leaf starts about 1 inch below surface level -- I can't tell what it is growing out of until I repot, I was planning to repot tomorrow anyway. So far it looks like it is only one leaf. The mother plant looks healthy and she is growing a new leaf of her own from the top center of her crown right now. But this new baby leaf that starts below surface looks fairly healthy too, though perhaps a little pale and a little fragile, but it's still very small (only about 1.5 inches in length, only about .5 of which were above the surface before I undug it this morning). My questions: 1) Has anyone seen anything like that? 2) When I repot this plant tomorrow, should I ensure that the leaf starts above the surface of the media, even if this means that the media surface will have to be much lower than it would be otherwise, or be quite lopsided? 3) I was planning to change from bark to moss when repotting, since I am trying to get as many of my plants into moss as possible, for my own convenience (since I am not good at judging when a plant needs water if it is in bark). The sister plant to this one has already been repotted into moss, and now I know that watering once a week is just right with this size pot in moss in my environment. Now that I have this sub-surface keiki, should I reconsider these plans? Are there any reasons not to use moss when repotting this plant (as long as I try to keep this leaf somehow from being buried in the media which will be a challenge)? If you have trouble understanding my explanation or questions, please let me know and I will try to rephrase. I noticed that my sentence structure above is rather bizarre, but I am trying to explain and ask complex things, and then I tend to get lost in my own sentences. :-) Thanks, Joanna |
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sub-basal keiki?
Joanna,
That is very common for doritaenopsis, especially when they have a lot of doritis in their background. When you repot, do so to the same depth that it is currently. The plantlet will grow fine from there. It is probably growing from the base of the mother plant, and may never get a sufficient, independent root system to be separated, but just think of the display when it matures and both are blooming! It is also likely that you'll get more of the same as time goes by. One last thing: correct your tag. It's either Dtps. Talitha Klehm or Dtps. Talitha's Gem, which is the former crossed back to Doritis pulcherrima. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! .. . . . . . . . . . . "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... As I was watering my Dtps Talitha Gem this morning, I noticed the tip of a new leaf coming out of the bark below the mother plant. I know that Dtps hybrids that are close to the Doritis parent can have basal keikis even when healthy, but this is not exactly a basal keiki since it definitely starts below the base. I uncovered the bark that was covering the leaf, and the leaf starts about 1 inch below surface level -- I can't tell what it is growing out of until I repot, I was planning to repot tomorrow anyway. So far it looks like it is only one leaf. The mother plant looks healthy and she is growing a new leaf of her own from the top center of her crown right now. But this new baby leaf that starts below surface looks fairly healthy too, though perhaps a little pale and a little fragile, but it's still very small (only about 1.5 inches in length, only about .5 of which were above the surface before I undug it this morning). My questions: 1) Has anyone seen anything like that? 2) When I repot this plant tomorrow, should I ensure that the leaf starts above the surface of the media, even if this means that the media surface will have to be much lower than it would be otherwise, or be quite lopsided? 3) I was planning to change from bark to moss when repotting, since I am trying to get as many of my plants into moss as possible, for my own convenience (since I am not good at judging when a plant needs water if it is in bark). The sister plant to this one has already been repotted into moss, and now I know that watering once a week is just right with this size pot in moss in my environment. Now that I have this sub-surface keiki, should I reconsider these plans? Are there any reasons not to use moss when repotting this plant (as long as I try to keep this leaf somehow from being buried in the media which will be a challenge)? If you have trouble understanding my explanation or questions, please let me know and I will try to rephrase. I noticed that my sentence structure above is rather bizarre, but I am trying to explain and ask complex things, and then I tend to get lost in my own sentences. :-) Thanks, Joanna |
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sub-basal keiki?
Ray,
Thank you for your response. The tag does say Dtps. Talitha's Gem -- I was sloppy in typing, sorry. I knew that this was common in Doritaenopsis with lots of Doritis -- Al told me, when he sold me this plant -- but I was expecting the basal keikis to start closer to the surface of the media not one inch below, it was really funny undigging this leaf earlier today, before that only the tip was showing. One other thing that I wonder about is where this keiki is going to continue to grow. Right now the leaf is right underneath the mother plant's leaf, and I don't see how it's going to have enough space to grow up if it is to stay together with the mother plant and never get separated. But I guess the plants will sort it out, and I will just keep observing this phenomenon. :-) Joanna (who is quite happy about this new interesting orchid activity to observe) "Ray" wrote in message ... Joanna, That is very common for doritaenopsis, especially when they have a lot of doritis in their background. When you repot, do so to the same depth that it is currently. The plantlet will grow fine from there. It is probably growing from the base of the mother plant, and may never get a sufficient, independent root system to be separated, but just think of the display when it matures and both are blooming! It is also likely that you'll get more of the same as time goes by. One last thing: correct your tag. It's either Dtps. Talitha Klehm or Dtps. Talitha's Gem, which is the former crossed back to Doritis pulcherrima. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info! . . . . . . . . . . . "J Fortuna" wrote in message ... As I was watering my Dtps Talitha Gem this morning, I noticed the tip of a new leaf coming out of the bark below the mother plant. I know that Dtps hybrids that are close to the Doritis parent can have basal keikis even when healthy, but this is not exactly a basal keiki since it definitely starts below the base. I uncovered the bark that was covering the leaf, and the leaf starts about 1 inch below surface level -- I can't tell what it is growing out of until I repot, I was planning to repot tomorrow anyway. So far it looks like it is only one leaf. The mother plant looks healthy and she is growing a new leaf of her own from the top center of her crown right now. But this new baby leaf that starts below surface looks fairly healthy too, though perhaps a little pale and a little fragile, but it's still very small (only about 1.5 inches in length, only about .5 of which were above the surface before I undug it this morning). My questions: 1) Has anyone seen anything like that? 2) When I repot this plant tomorrow, should I ensure that the leaf starts above the surface of the media, even if this means that the media surface will have to be much lower than it would be otherwise, or be quite lopsided? 3) I was planning to change from bark to moss when repotting, since I am trying to get as many of my plants into moss as possible, for my own convenience (since I am not good at judging when a plant needs water if it is in bark). The sister plant to this one has already been repotted into moss, and now I know that watering once a week is just right with this size pot in moss in my environment. Now that I have this sub-surface keiki, should I reconsider these plans? Are there any reasons not to use moss when repotting this plant (as long as I try to keep this leaf somehow from being buried in the media which will be a challenge)? If you have trouble understanding my explanation or questions, please let me know and I will try to rephrase. I noticed that my sentence structure above is rather bizarre, but I am trying to explain and ask complex things, and then I tend to get lost in my own sentences. :-) Thanks, Joanna |
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