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When to repot?
Now that my phal has finished blooming (pre-Christmas to Victoria Day
is a lot longer than I was expecting the blooms to last) I figure it time to consider repotting. The phal is in a clay pot with a 4 1/2" diameter across the top. It now has six leaves and three aerial roots (after having none up until a few weeks ago). The roots are the reason I have started to think about repotting. They are long enough to rub up against the edges of the pot. I don't know where they're going to get room to grow any longer. Is this a problem or should I just leave them be for the time being? I'll leave the questions about how to repot until after I get a consensus on whether it needs a new home. I guess I'll also have to figure out if I should leave the plant as is or cut it back a bit. The last time I cut it down a couple inches, so I know that's a viable option, but I'd love for it to grow bigger, more numerous branches (what do you call those anyway?). Maybe I'll let it go for a while and see what happens. --Vic |
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Vic, you can cut the "spike" back a little-I usually cut the dried part
off but I'd never cut the leaves back if that's what you meant. As for repotting this is the perfect time. Use sterilized scissors (run over an open flame) and use a pot just bigger that the mass of roots. You'll see hollow looking or black mushy roots, cut these off. Repot using sphagnum moss (you can find it at Lowes) don't let water stand in the drip tray and water when it's this side of dry. Burr |
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On Wed, 25 May 2005 19:08:19 -0700, "wendy7"
wrote: Hi Vic, Sounds like you are doing everything right. I would check the potting mix to see if it is ok. Not smelly or mushy? Here is a url with some step by step instructions. http://www.midpacificorchids.citymax...age/235341.htm The stem or spike is called an inflorescens but not sure what a branch is called? LOL! Well my plant certainly isn't as large or overgrown and the one pictured. g That is a very, very, very bad site. I started off just looking at the supplies -- I thought I would try to figure out what that growing medium is called -- but then I moved to the plant catalogue. I'm still in the cattleya section, and I've already picked out a long list of plants I'd love to own. I have to keep telling myself that I haven't got enough room for another orchid, I haven't had my single orchid long enough to hone my skills enough to try a catt, and while those prices look really, really tempting, they're in U.S. dollars and they won't be quite as tempting after the conversion. --Vic |
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Since this is your first orchid tell us what window it's in and how your
taking care of it. A pot an inch bigger than the root mass would be good for size wise. Roots growing like weeds is a good sign-your orchid sounds healthy-I don't know what that medium is but you don't want it in soil (as in normal houseplants) Orchids loose leaves now and then as they grow new ones-they'll turn yellow this is normal. Now with the reusing of old soil, don't do this with orchids I think they can go a year without repotting but in the mean time their medium breaks down (decomposes) so use fresh sphagnum moss or orchid mix. Usually when I buy an orchid I repot it immediately and I always find bad roots-you may or may not....good luck....don't try seeing a doctor for your orchid fever once your bitten there's no cure only the relentless drive to quench your thirst with more, more, more!......Burr |
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OMG! No wonder you were laughing that photo was extremely in need
of help wasn't it? Hey you might also use a fan it helps keep the room from getting too hot in the summer..Burr |
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