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'Tightly' planted Onc.
Hi everyone!
Iīve just bought two giant Onc. (or odont.?) by giant, I mean the bulbs are VERY big and seem healthy, and there are a lot of roots showing all over the place. I am assuming they are onc. because they look exactly like my onc. sharry sweet baby, same kind of leaves and bulbs. But it is planted in a small pot, 10 cm in diameter. And reading my orchid books by Rittershausen, they like to 'sit tight', but they seem very overproportioned, and am worried about watering them too much, because there isnīt a lot of media in those pots. I thought to leave them alone for some time and keep an eye on growth. I keep them in a window which gets lots of morning sun, and they are in a bigger pot with some leca stones on the bottom to help with the humidity. Does anyone have any advice as to the growing media and if I should repot? Thanks, Victoria |
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'Tightly' planted Onc.
Vestman wrote:
Hi everyone! Iīve just bought two giant Onc. (or odont.?) by giant, I mean the bulbs are VERY big and seem healthy, and there are a lot of roots showing all over the place. I am assuming they are onc. because they look exactly like my onc. sharry sweet baby, same kind of leaves and bulbs. But it is planted in a small pot, 10 cm in diameter. And reading my orchid books by Rittershausen, they like to 'sit tight', but they seem very overproportioned, and am worried about watering them too much, because there isnīt a lot of media in those pots. I thought to leave them alone for some time and keep an eye on growth. I keep them in a window which gets lots of morning sun, and they are in a bigger pot with some leca stones on the bottom to help with the humidity. Does anyone have any advice as to the growing media and if I should repot? I wouldn't repot. It's also harder to overwater plants when they are nicely rootbound for just the reason you say...there is little media to remain wet...the roots will quickly absorb the water they need, leaving the media to dry quickly enough to reduce the likelihood of rot. ===Prem high quality orchid stock photos: http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/orchidpicshq.htm |
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'Tightly' planted Onc.
Vestman wrote:
Hi everyone! Iīve just bought two giant Onc. (or odont.?) by giant, I mean the bulbs are VERY big and seem healthy, and there are a lot of roots showing all over the place. I am assuming they are onc. because they look exactly like my onc. sharry sweet baby, same kind of leaves and bulbs. But it is planted in a small pot, 10 cm in diameter. And reading my orchid books by Rittershausen, they like to 'sit tight', but they seem very overproportioned, and am worried about watering them too much, because there isnīt a lot of media in those pots. I thought to leave them alone for some time and keep an eye on growth. I keep them in a window which gets lots of morning sun, and they are in a bigger pot with some leca stones on the bottom to help with the humidity. Does anyone have any advice as to the growing media and if I should repot? I wouldn't repot. It's also harder to overwater plants when they are nicely rootbound for just the reason you say...there is little media to remain wet...the roots will quickly absorb the water they need, leaving the media to dry quickly enough to reduce the likelihood of rot. ===Prem high quality orchid stock photos: http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/orchidpicshq.htm |
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'Tightly' planted Onc.
Vestman wrote:
Hi everyone! Iīve just bought two giant Onc. (or odont.?) by giant, I mean the bulbs are VERY big and seem healthy, and there are a lot of roots showing all over the place. I am assuming they are onc. because they look exactly like my onc. sharry sweet baby, same kind of leaves and bulbs. But it is planted in a small pot, 10 cm in diameter. And reading my orchid books by Rittershausen, they like to 'sit tight', but they seem very overproportioned, and am worried about watering them too much, because there isnīt a lot of media in those pots. I thought to leave them alone for some time and keep an eye on growth. I keep them in a window which gets lots of morning sun, and they are in a bigger pot with some leca stones on the bottom to help with the humidity. Does anyone have any advice as to the growing media and if I should repot? I wouldn't repot. It's also harder to overwater plants when they are nicely rootbound for just the reason you say...there is little media to remain wet...the roots will quickly absorb the water they need, leaving the media to dry quickly enough to reduce the likelihood of rot. ===Prem high quality orchid stock photos: http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/orchidpicshq.htm |
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'Tightly' planted Onc.
"prem_s" wrote in message
... Vestman wrote: Hi everyone! Iīve just bought two giant Onc. (or odont.?) by giant, I mean the bulbs are VERY big and seem healthy, and there are a lot of roots showing all over the place. I am assuming they are onc. because they look exactly like my onc. sharry sweet baby, same kind of leaves and bulbs. But it is planted in a small pot, 10 cm in diameter. And reading my orchid books by Rittershausen, they like to 'sit tight', but they seem very overproportioned, and am worried about watering them too much, because there isnīt a lot of media in those pots. I thought to leave them alone for some time and keep an eye on growth. I keep them in a window which gets lots of morning sun, and they are in a bigger pot with some leca stones on the bottom to help with the humidity. Does anyone have any advice as to the growing media and if I should repot? I wouldn't repot. It's also harder to overwater plants when they are nicely rootbound for just the reason you say...there is little media to remain wet...the roots will quickly absorb the water they need, leaving the media to dry quickly enough to reduce the likelihood of rot. ===Prem high quality orchid stock photos: http://www.premdesign.com/orchidpics/orchidpicshq.htm I wouldn't repot yet either. And when I did I'd use a pot *just* large enough to accomodate the remaining root ball. Becasue these do like to be pot bound. But the idea that a root bound plant won't rot because there isn't any medium to stay moist isn't true. If there's only roots in a pot (or preponderance of roots in a pot) and you keep them too wet then they will rot like crazy, whether there's any medium or not. Rot doesn't depend on presence or absence of medium. It depends on the amounts of moisture balanced with air to the roots. So the take home message is to keep the plant evenly moist, just like any other orchid you have. K Barrett |
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'Tightly' planted Onc.
"Vestman" vestman at adslhome danmark skrev i en meddelelse . .. Hi everyone! Iīve just bought two giant Onc. (or odont.?) by giant, I mean the bulbs are VERY big and seem healthy, and there are a lot of roots showing all over the place. I am assuming they are onc. because they look exactly like my onc. sharry sweet baby, same kind of leaves and bulbs. But it is planted in a small pot, 10 cm in diameter. And reading my orchid books by Rittershausen, they like to 'sit tight', but they seem very overproportioned, and am worried about watering them too much, because there isnīt a lot of media in those pots. I thought to leave them alone for some time and keep an eye on growth. I keep them in a window which gets lots of morning sun, and they are in a bigger pot with some leca stones on the bottom to help with the humidity. Does anyone have any advice as to the growing media and if I should repot? Thanks, Victoria Thanks for the advice. Iīm going to keep an eye on the oncs and just enjoy their healthy appearance. I think Iīll see if I can make them bloom, and then see if I should repot. Itīs quite exciting to see what the flowers look like, what with the sturdiness of the plants. Thanks again, Victoria |
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