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| My Vanda in wood slat basket
Hi all, I have acquired a small vanda off-shoot from a friend. Perfect for newly made wood basket This vanda came with a long air root (one that sticks out in front is the air root) and very little ground roots. Only way to plant is to bury the part of air root in the sphags as you can see. Cheers
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Leave the air root. More roots will grow from it even when it seems to have dried into a twig. Meanwhile, new roots will emerge from the base or side of the vanda. As long as there's enough humidity, vandas are truly, truly air plants. It never ceases to amaze me how vandas can thrive and grow on what seems like nothing.
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Even more so is that the roots you placed in the sphag can be more stressed than the ones in the air. Vanda do not like their roots covered. However, with a young separation, I like to condition them with the sphag at the first mounting. As the sphag ages and falls out I would not replace it.
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