Hengduan flasks with a side of terror

[JAB]

Its all a learning experience right!? Look good to me!

 

[troy]

Awesome!! Talk to glen about yur phrags and culture, I just talked to him the other day, he's got info!!! Don't throw away yur runts, I'd take them please thanks!! You're parishiis look great!!!

 

[ehanes7612]

it's irrelevant that you may not have made a best decision

 

[Ozpaph]

they look pretty happy

 

[Bjorn]

Looks healthy but a bit on the small side after 24 monthshow big are the pots? I am also a bit confused about the lack of moss and algae. After 24 months it should be quite green in those pots unless you add either too high levels of fertiliser or some other ingredient like physan. My advice would be to be careful with the fertiliser and avoid physan etc. And do water, many people are so afraid of rot that they more or less desiccate their paphs.

 

[Hamlet]

They look great! I wanted to get a tigrinum flask from then, but they were sold out.

 

[Bjorn]

They look great! I wanted to get a tigrinum flask from then, but they were sold out.

Yes? I get two flasks from them now.

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for the update. Those Glen Deckers should get tossed to me.

 

[Hamlet]

Yes? I get two flasks from them now.

Ha! Good look with them! They said they have more in the lab but they still need some time.

 

[Bjorn]

Have good experience With their tigrinum, got a flask with 5 some years back (fall 2013). All survived and are now NBS

 

[silence882]

Thanks, everyone!

These guys are smaller than I would like after 2 years, but I've definitely made some culture mistakes that have slowed them down. I also suspect I haven't been giving them enough light, but I've been scared to up it and risk bleaching the leaves. I've got a light meter on the way so there'll be more experimenting in the near future.

 

[garysan]

25 month update!

I think I've finally dialed in my fertilizer regimen so the leaves have greened up nicely.

Stephen, just out of interest, what did you dial it down/up to?

 

[silence882]

Stephen, just out of interest, what did you dial it down/up to?

I was giving them MSU at 1/4 tsp/gallon every few weeks. I've switched to Grow More 20-20-20 at 1/2 tsp/gallon with every watering. I like that Grow More has N as nitrate, urea, and ammonium whereas MSU was all nitrate. I saw a distinct greening of the leaves after a few waterings with the Grow More.

 

[gego]

Wow!!!! 1/2 tsp/gal every watering is pretty brave of you. I'm glad the results are positive for you. Do you notice any dark brown tips on the older leaves?
Are most of the plants keeping their older leaves well?

 

[orchidman77]

Sign me up for a few of those humboldtiis if you are not planning on keeping all of them! I've been looking for a few...

Babies all look great! I love growing from flask.

David

 

[garysan]

I was giving them MSU at 1/4 tsp/gallon every few weeks. I've switched to Grow More 20-20-20 at 1/2 tsp/gallon with every watering. I like that Grow More has N as nitrate, urea, and ammonium whereas MSU was all nitrate. I saw a distinct greening of the leaves after a few waterings with the Grow More.

Aren't you supposed to use the MSU formulae at every watering rather than every few weeks though?

 

[silence882]

My light meter arrived and my plants were around 5-600 fc of light. So my new idea is to lower the lights to bring the levels up closer to 1,000. Hopefully this'll speed my plants along.

Aren't you supposed to use the MSU formulae at every watering rather than every few weeks though?

I was doing that for a while, but the plants seemed stressed so I dialed it back.

Sign me up for a few of those humboldtiis if you are not planning on keeping all of them! I've been looking for a few...

Babies all look great! I love growing from flask.

David

I'll keep this in mind if I can ever get them to grow...

Wow!!!! 1/2 tsp/gal every watering is pretty brave of you. I'm glad the results are positive for you. Do you notice any dark brown tips on the older leaves?
Are most of the plants keeping their older leaves well?

I haven't noticed any leaf tip burn or lower leaf die back. I'll probably reduce the fertilizer to 1/4 tsp/gal in the near future.

 

[silence882]

Here are the 9 besseae flavums from Chuck that I kept. 5 are in spike. I am hoping the rest spike soon.





All of my plants are doing SO much better since I moved the lights closer several months ago. I was really depriving them before that.

--Stephen

 

[orchidman77]

Yay - I probably have the same cross! Mine are younger... Chuck's Choice x Germany #2?

Can't wait for updated pics!!!!!

And those humboldtii's :evil: :rollhappy:

David

 

[NYEric]

Wow! Good growing. Maybe I should take mine out of the water.