I have a few pics and questions.

[FLaCo]

Hello once again!


I have a few pics and would like some constructive criticism if you may.


These are my Phals that have bloomed and some with buds.

[FLaCo]

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I believe these are the Phal. type Dends. as well as a Dend. Copter ( a hybrid giving off a deep purple on purple flowers ) which recently dropped all of its flowers and has been repotted .

[Fransle]

The first picture is like my dendro phal! I think your dendro will continue to produce flower from th same spike. Mine had about 15 flower in one stem.

They are all look great to me. COngratulations.

[jerrymeola]

Your plants look very good. Both DenPhals and Phalaenopsis bloom at the same time which you now realize is now.

The large Phal looks like Arabesque, which is common around Miami, and a very good Phal with flowers that can last 4 months. I love the semi miniature branching Phals like your other one.

You DenPhal has a lot of leaves. They have a tendency to lose a lot of leaves but yours are holding well.

[FLaCo]

Thank you Fransle! Is that your flower on your avatar?


These plants have been good to me.

[FLaCo]

Now on to the questions. Hehe...

First of all, thank you.

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I have a few Vanda (10 to be exact). I bought them small and have tied some in Cedar baskets (the smallest kind) with some Spa. Moss and bark. They seem like they are vigorous in growth but was wonder if anyone know of any problems with this. (First one is Ascda Crownfox Gem and Memoria Lyle Swanson).


The third and fourth pic are Vanda as well (Brighton's Mimi Rose and Golden Doubloon). I went creative and decided to stick three of them in these piece of (not sure what type of tree) tree trunk/branch that I bought at my local nursery. I have never seen a Vanda on one let alone three. I have promoted healthy root growth on them (better than a plastic pot, that's for sure) but I have this intuition that Vanda aren't made for this but who knows (maybe you do). Cattleya seem like a better orchid for this type of application. Maybe switch the Vanda to a new cedar basket and cattleya on the piece of wood?

Fifth pic, should I repot to a smaller pot? The root ball isn't big...but the plant is doing just fine just thought it was a bit of an overkill.

Sixth pic, what are these and can I cut under them and plant as a new bulb...some how?

7th pic, I believe these are Dend. bulbs. Can I put these in small cedar baskets and have them grow like the Vanda?

Eighth, one of my Phal. ... it's time to repot, right? ( as soon as it done with its flowers).

9th and last pic (I promise), has anyone used this moss. Near home depot ran out of the ' better-gro' moss which I always use without a problem. This was a better deal but was afraid of fungus contaminations.

Like I said previously, I would like to thank all of you for your time and effort in replying. I know we are here because we all love orchids...but you guys although not well know (YET!) really have these sense of community and I love that. Very few forums that I have been to have shown me that.

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by Fransle

The first picture is like my dendro phal! I think your dendro will continue to produce flower from th same spike.

Dens can bloom again off the same canes on subsequent blooming cycles but they do not rebloom off the same spike.

[patticake]

I'm pretty new at this myself, but it looks to me like you have been doing something right! Nice plants!

[fred]

thanks for sharing the pics with us
just a tip for uploading next time try to rotate the pics on your PC before you start the upload...hehehe that might save a few kinks in ones neck lol

[FLaCo]

Originally Posted by fred

thanks for sharing the pics with us
just a tip for uploading next time try to rotate the pics on your PC before you start the upload...hehehe that might save a few kinks in ones neck lol

Sorry about that Fred. I totally forgot about that.

I transplanted that flowering purple Phal. I took out the pot...looked inside and saw the roots rotten. I removed a ton of Moss in between the root cluster. I removed rotten roots and transplanted it to some new Orchid mix. I know repot should be done after blooms but I couldn't resist after seeing all that rot.

[FLaCo]

Hello again, can someone tell what are these and what can I do with them. It looks like roots sprouting out. Can I split these and pot them seperately?

[articuno75]

That looks like a keiki (baby plant). Right now it looks to be too small to remove to pot up. I'd leave it alone until it gets a lot bigger. Then you can gently remove it and have a new plant to grow

[FLaCo]

Sweet! Thanks for the tip!