Rabbit
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I don't really have a question - just want to let other beginners know that they can succeed with difficult plants. Last January I asked for assistance in buying paphs at my local orchid show. I'm the one who grows paphs in terrariums. Well, I came away from the show with a P. Deperle, Psyche, a godefroye, and 2 bellatullums., all in bloom. They all went into my terrariums.
I don't actually plant them in the substrate. They are placed on flat rocks so they don't get soggy. However, I was shocked to find, in the middle of April, that the godefroye had settled down in a low part of the tank and had become waterlogged. Most of the roots had rotted except for 1 little stump.
I repotted it into a mixture of gravel, charcoal and bark, put it back in the terrarium and hoped for the best. I was so pleasantly surprised last week, when I saw it growing a new leaf and bud.
Other than this mishap, all the others are doing well. One of my bellatulums has been blooming since I bought it Feb. 14. The psyche finished blooming and is spiking again. The Deperle was in bloom and in spike and had several flowers - the last bud has just opened. But its' flowers last for only a week or so. Is this normal or does the high temperature have something to do with the short-lived blooms?
My advice to beginners - it only takes a couple of days of overwatering to kill a paph like this, but mine seems to be recovering. I hope my luck holds up.
I don't actually plant them in the substrate. They are placed on flat rocks so they don't get soggy. However, I was shocked to find, in the middle of April, that the godefroye had settled down in a low part of the tank and had become waterlogged. Most of the roots had rotted except for 1 little stump.
I repotted it into a mixture of gravel, charcoal and bark, put it back in the terrarium and hoped for the best. I was so pleasantly surprised last week, when I saw it growing a new leaf and bud.
Other than this mishap, all the others are doing well. One of my bellatulums has been blooming since I bought it Feb. 14. The psyche finished blooming and is spiking again. The Deperle was in bloom and in spike and had several flowers - the last bud has just opened. But its' flowers last for only a week or so. Is this normal or does the high temperature have something to do with the short-lived blooms?
My advice to beginners - it only takes a couple of days of overwatering to kill a paph like this, but mine seems to be recovering. I hope my luck holds up.