My Beck

[exasperatus2002]

I've been keeping it like I do my baby Catts, water once a week. i have it on a stand in the south east corner where 2 windows on each wall are. I fertilize with Schultz's orchid food twice a month. She dropped her leaves. they just turned yellow, dried up some & fell off. I had not repotted her since I got her. I checked and sure enough dead roots. The canes are plump and has good color and theres 3 new roots coming in. I moved it to a s/h pot that my Psychopsis outgrew when I bought it in it. I have the clay wet but no standing water until it adjusts to the new media. Im getting new growth on the 2 Cattleyas I received with her. Sorry I didnt take pics while repotting, my wifes got the camera packed up for a family get together with out of state relatives tomorrow. The pic was taken during a walk thru before we had settlement on the new house.

[patticake]

Hmmm.... Is it where it gets direct light from the windows, or is it more in the corner? Mine gets direct light for about half the day. I need to water it every day because of it, but it seems to be doing well. Hope everything is going well in the new house. It takes a while to get settled in!

[exasperatus2002]

tell me about it. I have it on the left side of the stand so it may be getting more eastern light and less southern. that & with the move and unpacking and all...maybe I missed something. I moved her to the middle so she'll be in a better southern exposure. I still need to build the new stand for them. The one they're on is 3' wide so I end up having to juggle chids around at soaking time.

[patticake]

I'm picturing orchids being juggled! I think your Cathy Beck will do better with strong light. Mine is right on a south windowsill. I just have to make sure she doesn't cook, so I water her every day. I think I see where a spike might be starting. I sure hope so! Good luck with yours. BTW how's your seed pod doing????

[exasperatus2002]

Originally Posted by patticake

I'm picturing orchids being juggled! I think your Cathy Beck will do better with strong light. Mine is right on a south windowsill. I just have to make sure she doesn't cook, so I water her every day. I think I see where a spike might be starting. I sure hope so! Good luck with yours. BTW how's your seed pod doing????

Its great. and Im getting anxious. 4-6 months is the maturation average for Catts and on 6/20 it'll be 4 months.

[patticake]

Some of the flasking places that I've looked into won't take a pod that's opened. I think you can tell if it starts to yellow I'll be watching your step by step post!