Mexipedium 2012

[Rick]

It's been a couple years since I had blooms, but it's grown a lot. Only 2 growths with flowers so far, but the older spike is branching.

 

[keithrs]

Thats a big Mexi!!! Congrats on the blooms!!!

Nice strawberry pot too!!!!oke:

 

[NYEric]

Very nice.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

OK Rick, sorry, I have to ask, what are you growing that monster in, and what are you feeding it?

 

[Carper]

That's one big mexipedium Rick. Do you feed the same as all your other orchids or treat differently. Nice branching on one of the spikes. Just a cracking plant!!:clap:

Gary
UK

 

[Rick]

It get's fed the same as everything else, but I would say that Klite has made a big difference in leaf size and structure. It used to have short thick leaves, almost like a succulent. But since Klite, the leaves are as much as twice as long, tough, and normal thickness for something like a cattleya.

If you were to dig out one of my old threads you would see the plant in a 4" pot with "aerial keikis" hanging out all over. Now its in a 10" pot with all the stolons contained.

I filled the bottom half of the pot with Styrofoam peanuts and coarse limestone gravel. The mix is bark with charcoal/perlite/cichlid sand.

It sits next to most of my phrags and gets some water thrown on it every day.

 

[SlipperFan]

Great looking plant! Interesting mix you are growing it in, and why you water it often.

 

[W. Beetus]

That's a very healthy looking plant!

 

[phrag guy]

thats great when they take off like that and are happy

 

[Paphman910]

really nice rick! I had grow this species in the past and the leafspan was 7-8 inches across and the rhizome was about 10 inches long. I grew it in lavarock, chc, dolomite lime, perlite in a bulb pot. I fertilize with 20-20-20 year round!

Flowers were still small so I sold it and got a division back from my friend!

I grew it warm!

Paphman910

 

[biothanasis]

wonderful gem!!!!!!

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for the info. I think I need to feed mine more.

 

[SlipperKing]

Great job of growing Rick

 

[Trimorph]

Amazing!
Wish mine would grow and look like yours!

Trimorph

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

What a spectacular Mexi!!!


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[Marc]

Very very nice Mexi you have there.