SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
Once again blooming and enjoying the basket culture rather then the S/H I previously had it in.
Cat harrisoniana var. violacea 2014
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John M
Orchid Addict
Lovely! What's the potting mix in the basket?
SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
Hey John, That's a coconut liner for structure, inside is Orchiata #5+ with #4 spronge rock and agrflore clay balls. It didn't like the S/H. As you can see most of its root system grew up into the air rather into the pot.
Paphman910
Well-Known Member
Beautiful!
Trithor
Chico (..... the clown)
Do you think the coco fibre baskets have an advantage over the slatted timber baskets?
An intense splash of colour, would look great hanging at my front door!
An intense splash of colour, would look great hanging at my front door!
SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
No Gary, the coco liner will probably give way before the wood
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a lot of colour in the throat, very nice.
SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
Yep, the whole flower, much smaller then a typical harrisoniana but a lot darker pink to violet in color. This plant came from Gold Country Orchids many years ago as a compot...the lone soldier.
John M
Orchid Addict
Thanks Rick. I asked because I knew that you use sphagnum moss in your slatted basket culture. I wondered if you did the same; or went with something else for this plant.
SlipperFan
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Interesting, Rick. I put one of my Cattleya's in this kind of basket with a similar mix. It love it, sending roots through the fiber for at least a foot, and all kinds of roots inside. I didn't like that I had to duck under the roots all the time, so I finally toolkit out of that basket and now it is in a large clay pot with live moss as the medium (not sphagnum). We'll see how that works.
Lovely color on that flower.
Lovely color on that flower.
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Chico (..... the clown)
I ask about the basket, because in a moment of lapse of focus, I bought 4 flasks of phalanopsis, and am thinking of planting the whole flask one to a basket (I don't have space to plant them individually!)
SlipperFan
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Why not a compot in a basket?!I ask about the basket, because in a moment of lapse of focus, I bought 4 flasks of phalanopsis, and am thinking of planting the whole flask one to a basket (I don't have space to plant them individually!)
Rick
Well-Known Member
What I typically use for compot "pots" are those slotted plastic berry containers.
Technically I guess they're baskets. At what point does a pot become a basket?
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Chico (..... the clown)
My phals are in a compot, but are now ready to be planted individually. My thinking is to plant the whole flask (4 compots of five plants) into a single basket. Perhaps I will be lucky and they will provide a pleasing display of multiple spikes. If not in the short term, perhaps in 2 or three years. I just do not have the space to dedicate to them
Very nice! A beauty.
Trithor
Chico (..... the clown)
Sorry Rick, this was not intended as a hijacking of your thread, especially not with some rather arb phals. Hopefully your coco lined baskets will at least elevate them to a passable level of acceptability?
SlipperKing
Madd Virologist
You probably would do alright throwing them in one of your newly make wood baskets with nothing at all in it except for roots. I grew a phal species for 4 yrs in a clay pot with nothing at all until I traded it off for a paph
It had a wonderful root system with nothing but clay to support it.
It had a wonderful root system with nothing but clay to support it.
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Chico (..... the clown)
Gonna give it a try this weekend
