Sirius
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I have a couple of new besseae from the Orchid Zone, and I am curious about something. I noticed when they arrived, that the plants had one old growth buried while the new growth was allowed to grow out of the pot and bloom without roots. I've seen photos of besseae in the wild doing this.
Is anyone here growing besseae this way at home? I often read about people fighting the stolon to keep besseae in her pot. Would it be better to stop fighting the stolon, let the growth mature and bloom with no roots, then repot it lower when a new stolon appears and the plant has root growth energy rather than bloom energy?
Is anyone here growing besseae this way at home? I often read about people fighting the stolon to keep besseae in her pot. Would it be better to stop fighting the stolon, let the growth mature and bloom with no roots, then repot it lower when a new stolon appears and the plant has root growth energy rather than bloom energy?