deflasked Paph Adductum

[Denver]

here are some pictures of the adductum flasks I potted a few days ago. I am keeping them warm and humid and shady. But I am not sure how much light to give them at this point. I built a chamber to keep them in and will be using one of Ray's LEDs so I can adjust the distance between the light and the plants to give hopefully close to optimal conditions. Any advice appreciated but especially quantifiable advice--ie footcandles.

 

[troy]

You hit the nail on the head about your conditions I keep mine in the same, I don't know how many footcandles, I use natural light, a little brighter in the morning, nice haul, thats one flask?

 

[SlipperFan]

They look great!

 

[Bjorn]

From where did you get them? This could well prove to be a challenge, slow growing. But then, there are always plants in a flask that stands out with faster growt. I have been looking for such a flask for ages. Good Luck with them!

 

[NYEric]

Good luck. Not too bright.

 

[AdamD]

With LED's it's very hard to get a foot-candle reading. I'd say if the bulb is about 3' above it'd be just fine. Then gradually move it closer. Let the leaves be your guide. Good looking flask, I hope you do have some fast growers in there!

 

[polyantha]

Good roots on your adductums. You should have enough air movement when you are using a box/chamber

 

[Justin]

Are they from Chuck Acker? I am growing out one of his adductum flasks that I got in January and they are super strong, nicely growing little plants. Yours look just like mine.

These should get lower light like a Phal and plenty of water and air circulation. low fertilizer for the firat year as well. I didn't lose any from deflasking but did kill a few accidentally this summer with too strong fert concetration.

 

[eggshells]

Very nice. This is one of my favourite multifloral along with Paph. anitum. I think I have 10+ of this species. They are a difficult from flask.

There are two types of adductum actually. The old brown coloured one and the red adductum. The red adductum is a much more newer discovery.

 

[Denver]

Are they from Chuck Acker? I am growing out one of his adductum flasks that I got in January and they are super strong, nicely growing little plants. Yours look just like mine.

These should get lower light like a Phal and plenty of water and air circulation. low fertilizer for the firat year as well. I didn't lose any from deflasking but did kill a few accidentally this summer with too strong fert concetration.

yes, these are from Chuck Acker. Is my memory correct that you have a lower humidity than a lot of people think is necessary? I grow inside and the reason I built a chamber was to get a higher humidity level than I can outside of the chamber. I did put some fans in there and am opening it up every couple of days to get fresh air in and then rehumidifying it. But I would love to hear more about your experiences with your flask since they are from the same source.

 

[Migrant13]

Those are super looking youngsters. Good luck with them!

 

[Justin]

yes, these are from Chuck Acker. Is my memory correct that you have a lower humidity than a lot of people think is necessary? I grow inside and the reason I built a chamber was to get a higher humidity level than I can outside of the chamber. I did put some fans in there and am opening it up every couple of days to get fresh air in and then rehumidifying it. But I would love to hear more about your experiences with your flask since they are from the same source.

You need much more fresh airflow than that. They should have a constant source of fresh air. adductum has very tough plump leaves so they dont need such intense humidity out of flask.

I grow inside my house under lights. Relative humidity is about 60-70%% in the summer and 30% in the winter (i do run a humidifier for a few hours a day in the winter to get up to 50% for short periods). This will be our second year in the house and we will have to dehumidify in the basement so we'll see how the plant room upstairs does.

I have grown many many flasks in such conditions. I usually deflask into a couple compots then put each compot into a gallon freezer bag on its side with the bag mostly open. This creates a humidity tent with fresh air. i water a couple times per week maybe as needed then put them out into the open air after a few weeks. hope this helps!

 

[Ozpaph]

Great looking seedlings. Less light than other multies - the light shouldn't cast a defined shadow.

 

[orchidman77]

Any updates on these little guys? I just deflasked some adductums and am curious to see what yours are doing!

David

 

[C. Rothschild]

The temperature of the bulbs is one way to decide how high to put the lights. I even burned a cactus once with a halogen lamp.