| The one ghost orchid that I've seen blooming in someone's greenhouse was in a fairly exposed, medium light area with good humidity and good air movement. It was growing on a piece of wood, as I recall, and looked really healthy, with a clear growing point and lots of roots hanging down. In real life the flower looks just like the pictures!
I'm also growing a couple of different rootless orchids the "ghost orchid" (Polyrrhiza lindenii) I've had about a year, growing on a piece of grapevine. It started as a small dense mass of roots with no clear growing point, but has slowly lost some roots and extended others so that maybe one of these days it will straighten itself out into a well-defined plant. The other one is a Chiloschista usneoides. It has a single clear growing point, lots of good roots, and is in spike right now!!! It is hanging next to the Polyrrhiza, in a shady, humid spot with fairly good air circulation.
I haven't deflasked ghost orchids, but would think that you wouldn't want to try to break them up too much unless you can identify the center growth point - just mount the clumps and see what happens. You might also want to contact the person who sold you the flask and get some advice.  |