Update on new mount..2 wks later..

[prisana]

Hi guys, I just want to share a pic or two of the mount I braved a couple of weeks ago..I think.. It's now showing new roots everywhere and a new bud cracking out of the base of one of the pbulbs. Yippy!!

[prisana]

Ok , I'm an idiot..now for the pictures....

[brookn]

Wow, way to go. Congrats. You worked hard to make it look good, look at the payoff!!

[fred]

prisana

well done the plant is comming along nicely for you

congrats

I also have said this to another member today.

since you came to the forum you have also come along way nice to see.

[kmarch]

Looks good. Success breeds confidence. What else are you going to mount?

[BillC]

Prisana, your pics show that the mounting is paying off and the plant looks healthy. I have just gone the other way, dismounting a Den. laevifolium and potting it up in coir as the plant was doing very little mounted. Hope I get the same good feelings as you have.

Bill.

[chefatplay]

Prisana, your talant is showing, congratulations. Do you soak your mounts?

[sandra]

ooooh, very nice prisana. What is meant by "bud?" I'm new to orchid lingo and my first thought was, "flower"......????? Does this mean a new stalk or something else?

Be kind and remember our motto, "no such thing as a stupid question" ........and you call yourself an idiot prisana?

[prisana]

Thank you, thank you...you guys are too kind.

Kevin- I'm thinking about mounting all my dens on the trees later, they are all top-heavy and gets knocked over plenty enough times for me to start to seriously consider that..

Sandra- bud in this case is a bud that grows out of the base of the rhisomes, from a bud eye, it's a new growth. First they grow kind of pararel to the medium, that becomes a rhisome as the plant grows upward. ( I'm really convinced that that's why they grow pararell in the beginning )
but that's another thread.

Ellen- I soak it for at least half an hour every morning..

BillC- I'm sure you'll have no problem doing that..I was dreading it at first but it turned out pretty good..I think this only happens once Good luck and post us some pic..it's always interesting to see different type of mounts.

[fred]

Dendrochilum

Sarcochilus

Sarcochilus

Sarcochilus

Dendrobium

Dendrobium

Dendrobium


Oncidium

Oncidium

Oncidium

mini catt

[fred]

sophronitis

sarcochilus

[brookn]

Those look great Fred.

[fred]

thanks brook

[prisana]

Fred, those are some nice mounts..I hope I can mount like you one of these days....there are a lot of my orchids that would just look great on them. Thanks for sharing the pics, now I can steal some of your ideas

[kel80]

Wow-those are all beautiful! I can't wait until I am brave enough to attempt!

[Maty]

Hi everybody,
My orchids are the little bare root wonders. How long should they grow before I can consider mounting them? (Dendrobium and Brassia)

[Anton]

Fred, I think you have incorrectly named one of your Dens.

In the first post, the 7th one down looks a lot like a Dockrilla liguiformis.

The image has been taken a bit too wide an angle to fully see it in detail.

Just wondering.

[fred]

Here is the Tag name for you Anton