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johnndc
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I unflasked a really neat phrag cross - Lynn Evans-Goldner 'Full Circle' HCC/AOS s besseae flavum, that Ki and I both bought from Woodstream at the recent DC orchid show. It's been almost 4 weeks and none of my plants are dead yet, which is giving me pause. I hate to even write this, lest the orchid gods come down on me, but at what point do I pass the "just out of flask sudden death phase" and enter "now they're just like any other seedlings" phase?
The images below are preview thumbnails, click em to see the big pics.
First, here's the biggest seedling, in semi-hydro - note the new growth coming out of the nook of the second-tier leaves from the top. I'm not sure what to make of that, meaning, why is it growing up there? (Note, I used a little cinnamon, which you'll see here and there - and the leaves did get a few spots, perhaps from physan or h2o2, but they're fine now - also, had to cut the top leaf off when I deflasked, it was dead and mushy at the tip).
Here is the littlest seedlings, also growing in semi-hydro next to the big guy - he is surprisingly hanging in there.
And here is a little clump - not sure if it's multiple seedlings or what - that is planted in this very fine mix that Ki and I got at the show - I believe it's shredded chc mixed with pulverized perlite and sphag.
And finally, all of these, as you'll note in the last pic, are kept under a little hood when my humidity drops - as it does from time to time, since I have to open windows or I bake.
Anyway, I'm glad they're hanging in there, but am a bit surprised - knock on wood - that nothing is dead yet. Have I passed the danger zone, or no such luck?
The images below are preview thumbnails, click em to see the big pics.
First, here's the biggest seedling, in semi-hydro - note the new growth coming out of the nook of the second-tier leaves from the top. I'm not sure what to make of that, meaning, why is it growing up there? (Note, I used a little cinnamon, which you'll see here and there - and the leaves did get a few spots, perhaps from physan or h2o2, but they're fine now - also, had to cut the top leaf off when I deflasked, it was dead and mushy at the tip).
Here is the littlest seedlings, also growing in semi-hydro next to the big guy - he is surprisingly hanging in there.
And here is a little clump - not sure if it's multiple seedlings or what - that is planted in this very fine mix that Ki and I got at the show - I believe it's shredded chc mixed with pulverized perlite and sphag.
And finally, all of these, as you'll note in the last pic, are kept under a little hood when my humidity drops - as it does from time to time, since I have to open windows or I bake.
Anyway, I'm glad they're hanging in there, but am a bit surprised - knock on wood - that nothing is dead yet. Have I passed the danger zone, or no such luck?
But once they get bigger, if I have several, I'd consider it. Also, these were like half flasks, or less - only had like 8 seedlings in them.
