Deflasking Paph rothschildianum

[bigleaf]

I sold similar roth flasks to a friend last November after AOS show in Reno. His seedlings are growing extremely well. Already this size. Ken is very pleased with the vigor of these crosses. But on the other hand he is a very experienced grower.

I'm a procrastinator. Still have Paph flasks sitting under light.

 

[bigleaf]

It's almost a year since I deflask. Time goes by fast and I had 3 trays of these to repot. First two flasks I washed out agar carefully and pot up individual plants in a community pot (recycle strawberry container). This process is time consuming and paph roots are thinner and break easily.



I ask Sam for advice and he said to remove as much agar as possible but keep all the seedlings in tact. I tried it with one flask last summer Paph Houghtoniae (haynaldianum ‘New World' X rothschildianum ‘Pylo' AM/AOS). And this method is working quite well. Seedlings have grown since.



I used fine orchidata bark and a small layer of moss at the base of container .









I was encouraged by this lazy method of deflasking that I went ahead and deflask a few more.

 

[Ozpaph]

they look great.
Are there holes in the bottom?
What are the roots like?