6 months into my first deflasking...how am I doing?

[Justin]

"walk this way"..."no i mean THIS way"

 

[Migrant13]

Growing like weeds!

 

[tnyr5]

Month 9
14 Phrags in a tub! All except the two runts (not pictured) have at least a 6" LS.
Growth was slower this month; I was very, very sick & couldn't take care of things like I normally do.

 

[SlipperFan]

Oh my! I hope your are all OK now!

 

[tnyr5]

Thanks for the well wishes . I'm okay now. Two kidney stones ( passed one in the middle of singing the "alleluia" from Mozart's "Exsultate, Jubilate", because apparently my body thought it just wasn't hard enough when I sang it healthy), and a vicious throat infection that covered my whole mouth & throat in ulcers that I caught right after clerking the SEPOS show. I couldn't eat anything but chicken broth for a good two weeks & lost about 10 lbs.

 

[SlipperFan]

Stones can be very painful. I'd like to lose 10 pounds, but not that way! Glad you are OK now.

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for the well wishes . I'm okay now. Two kidney stones ( passed one in the middle of singing the "alleluia" from Mozart's "Exsultate, Jubilate", because apparently my body thought it just wasn't hard enough when I sang it healthy), and a vicious throat infection that covered my whole mouth & throat in ulcers that I caught right after clerking the SEPOS show. I couldn't eat anything but chicken broth for a good two weeks & lost about 10 lbs.

Damn!
Feel better. The plants look no worse for the wear. What orchid team/group did you clerk for?

 

[tnyr5]

I was doing pleurothallids & cymbidiums

 

[NYEric]

Hmmm, I'm trying to remember..

 

[tnyr5]

Month 10
Everything is in the same position as the last pic.
Growth is back to normal (2.5 to 3 inches on the newest leaf every 30 days)
And look! (under the thumb)

 

[tnyr5]

Month11

 

[Justin]

looking good! i'm not really a phrag grower but i think they could use a little more light.

 

[SlipperFan]

They do look a little dark, but if they are growing well...

 

[tnyr5]

The camera is making them appear darker than they are. They're getting about 120-150 par for 16 hours a day.

 

[SlipperFan]

That should be plenty.

 

[musa]

how do you meassure par? You have a par-meter or is there another possibility?

 

[tnyr5]

I know the par of the lights I use, so it's an educated guess based on their distance from the fixture.

 

[orchidman77]

How are these guys looking now? I'm sure that you'll be seeing blooms before too long...

David

 

[tnyr5]

I got tired of taking pics lol. I'll post shots when they start blooming; they should bloom in 12 months. Largest are around a foot across.

 

[orchidman77]

I got tired of taking pics lol. I'll post shots when they start blooming; they should bloom in 12 months. Largest are around a foot across.

Definitely understand that...looking forward to the pics later!

David