Kostas
Well-Known Member
My Phragmipedium kovachii I have been growing for 2 months now. It arrived with Erwinia on the mother rosette(a nightmare, was running many centimeters per hour at its worst!) but It managed to grow out of it with good culture and some help(cleaning from heavily infected tissues, peroxide, antibiotics). Within 3 days the infection was gone while the pups speeded up big time even sooner. They never stopped growing, which was a good sign it would recover. Here it is after the infection stopped:
And here it is now, 2 months after:
It is growing outdoors with 30-36C daytime and 24-28C nighttime temperatures, sitting in about a centimeter of water in its saucer or occassionally more. The water it all gone by next morning and I water it everyday to keep water in the saucer.
How do you find its growth over that time period? Normal or slower than normal? It was growing significantly faster when the temperatures were 20-26C, it's been much slower the last month with the high heat. I am contemplating whether it would grow faster if I move it indoors till it cools down in a half to a full month from now, or it would be faster if I leave it outdoors.
Would it be ok/good to repot now in an inorganic medium with a tiny bit of clay added, like its native soil would have? What is the correct planting depth for this species? Mine seem to be making some above soil stem.
I would love to know your insight on these matters and anything you might feel like sharing
And here it is now, 2 months after:
It is growing outdoors with 30-36C daytime and 24-28C nighttime temperatures, sitting in about a centimeter of water in its saucer or occassionally more. The water it all gone by next morning and I water it everyday to keep water in the saucer.
How do you find its growth over that time period? Normal or slower than normal? It was growing significantly faster when the temperatures were 20-26C, it's been much slower the last month with the high heat. I am contemplating whether it would grow faster if I move it indoors till it cools down in a half to a full month from now, or it would be faster if I leave it outdoors.
Would it be ok/good to repot now in an inorganic medium with a tiny bit of clay added, like its native soil would have? What is the correct planting depth for this species? Mine seem to be making some above soil stem.
I would love to know your insight on these matters and anything you might feel like sharing