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Post by vraev on Sept 16, 2015 17:46:05 GMT -5
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Post by morphman on Sept 17, 2015 17:29:38 GMT -5
Nice one !! Be careful these miniature orchids are super addictive !! Not sure what you meant about them spreading ?
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Post by seasmoke on Sept 17, 2015 18:16:38 GMT -5
Lucky you, it's very rare for me to get a flower on a bulbo, a real treat when it happens. Excellent shot of an amazing flower.
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Post by lloyd on Sept 17, 2015 18:51:50 GMT -5
I bought a bulbophyllum from HomeDepot years ago, it was finger size. Grew way too big and finally flowered in my sunroom, 5 years later. I gave it away to a city greenhouse where it just kept getting bigger.
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Post by morphman on Sept 17, 2015 20:14:41 GMT -5
There are a ton of miniatures like the Hirundinis. Tingibarnium/miniatum comes to mind. B. gracilimum is a nice oneand so is B. plumatum. They are a bit bigger in size but still miniatures.
Lepanthes like L calodiction and L. telipogoniflora are a couple of my favourites but they are not quite as resilient as the Bulbos but in a vivarium setting they do great.
Mind you though these are not plants you are likely to find at a store but more from other hobby members, societies or shows. There is an ok selection of local vendors with ok variety but ultimately just like with Carnivorous plants, they best stuff can be ordered from overseas in an organized group effort preferably.
Do you know what type of Bulbophyllum you donated ? Any pics of the flowers ?
Cheers
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Post by lloyd on Sept 17, 2015 21:42:08 GMT -5
It was so long ago. 10-20 years ago. It had nice weird flowers and the roots and pseudobulbs were lush. I have the flower pictures but it would be hard to find them.
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Post by morphman on Sept 18, 2015 0:20:55 GMT -5
I wish Home Depot and other Department stores sold Bulbos and other stuff but it's mostly Phaelanopsis and your occasional Dendrobium and mostly hybrids. Bulbos are know for their weird and wonderful flowers but unfortunately some of them are also know to have unpleasant smells. Check out B. longissimum it's got a cool flower.
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Post by vraev on Sept 18, 2015 1:25:52 GMT -5
Nice one !! Be careful these miniature orchids are super addictive !! Not sure what you meant about them spreading ? THanks. yea. Totally..they are super addictive. I even bought books on miniature orchids already. Its hopeless...I'm already addicted.  When I say spread...it grows new bulbs that keep sending out more roots and they just go and attach to whatever they can reach...even other plant mounts. lol Lucky you, it's very rare for me to get a flower on a bulbo, a real treat when it happens. Excellent shot of an amazing flower. thanks. I know..I wasn't expecting a flower at all yet. Really surprised that it did.  Although I have to wait and see if the plant does well long term. I have always had fantastic success early on with orchids. But later...they start going downhill. |
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Post by morphman on Sept 18, 2015 10:51:20 GMT -5
Are you keeping it in your tank. If so you need to be very selective on where you place it. I had the same issue with early success and it turns out that most plants love our vivarium conditions and initially flourish when first introduced only to wither away after a while. Too much moisture !!! On the roots, leaves, flowers etc. Our vivarium conditions are way too moist for long term success with most plant.
The roots and foliage should be able to dry out in between waterings. Air circulation and ventilation are important.
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Post by vraev on Sept 18, 2015 13:51:43 GMT -5
Yes...this set of plants (I have received them in January) are in my dedicated orchidarium. And they are open at the top and are constantly bombarded by air coming from the central air system (AC currently). (I have my setup in the indoor tanks section of this forum...u can see the tank I use).
They get misted in the morning and then not until late at night once more. In between for hours on end, they are exposed to air and the mounts/plants generally dry out. They are seemingly doing well in these conditions. Even lepanthes are still growing ok ..where as those that were in my nepenthes tank grew really well for a while and then started dying.
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Post by orchidsplz on Sept 18, 2015 16:40:16 GMT -5
Very nice bulbo!
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Post by morphman on Sept 18, 2015 16:45:30 GMT -5
Open top is what I found to be the solution and part of the reason why I no longer keep Dart Frogs. I've also found that Hand misting works better as I can control exactly where I water so plants that do better with foliar absorption get thoroughly sprayed while the ones that don't like their foliage to stay wet get watered directly on their roots. Bulbos are know for not liking their leaves to stay wet and that is usually how they meet their demise in the frog hobby. Lepanthes I find don't mind their leaves getting wet but an't handle staying dry as long as Bulbos.
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Post by vraev on Sept 19, 2015 1:49:38 GMT -5
Yea...but one thing I realized is also that many orchids...like most plants need "nutrients" and cannot live long term on just a "CP" treatment. We are so used to having pure materials for media and water to have minimal minerals in our soils. Same with mounted plants...I think as the year goes on, it is using up all the nutrients and eventually ends up with just no nutrients and perhaps that is why the plants perish. I think these things need that ferts/micro/macro nutrients....and that is something I need to figure out properly.
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Post by morphman on Sept 19, 2015 10:44:03 GMT -5
I use a good slow release fertilizer for potted or mounted plants and then O supplement with various other products like seaweed, Schultz liquid fertilizer and others. I was into orchids and other plants before CPs but from the Dart Frogs I got used to having to NOT fertilize because the fruit flies plus frog poop was enough. I slowly had to teach myself to start using fertilizers. Without nutrients it's a slow death for our plants.
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Post by vraev on Sept 24, 2015 2:09:44 GMT -5
Thanks for info Morphman. So u recommend I need a variety of ferts as well? Should I start with maxsea? What slow release fertilizer do u use? osmocote? I need to order some ferts soon before the lepanthes go downhill again.
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Bulbophyllum hirundinis by Varun Anipindi, on Flickr
When I say spread...it grows new bulbs that keep sending out more roots and they just go and attach to whatever they can reach...even other plant mounts. lol
Although I have to wait and see if the plant does well long term. I have always had fantastic success early on with orchids. But later...they start going downhill.
