Mexi in sheath at least

[tnyr5]

It's just sitting on a bare spot

 

[Heather]

I shoved it in the refrigerator every night for 2 months.

Ah! I used to leave mine outside in pretty cold temps here in Sacramento. Nice looking plant! Need another one of these but haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

 

[Heather]

Thanks, beautiful plant!

 

[tnyr5]

3 spikes so far, hopefully many more to come.

 

[tnyr5]

A bit lean on spikes this year, probably from last Fall's nonsense, but there are around 30 new leads... I have no idea what to do with this thing...

 

[tnyr5]

This top-down will give you a better idea, that's an 18in ruler.

 

[tnyr5]

22in tray now & more than 40 new leads. I can't keep this up much longer.

 

[Theodoreorchidking]

holly *@~!#@. That is amazing. You really need to rename yourself as lord of the Mexipediums.
I have a smaller one and it just started to branch out. It has not bloomed. How much light do you give it? Also do you still stick it in the fridge to bloom ?

Also, you can repopulate their natural habitat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tnyr5]

I no longer refrigerate it to bloom it, since it no longer fits. Instead, I put it in my bedroom with the Ophrys, throw on a few extra blankets, and leave the windows cracked all winter .
It gets quite a lot of light & heat for most of the year; they can take almost full sun if you acclimate them to it.

 

[Morja]

This has been an extremely satisfying thread to read through!
Do you plan to divide it once it fills the 22 inch tray? Or go even bigger?

 

[tnyr5]

It sprouted new leads to fill it almost immediately. I give up.

 

[tnyr5]

Yeah, I'm at my limit. I don't think I can take care of this anymore.

 

[Heather]

Well, you could make some cash selling good size divisions….

 

[BrucherT]

Yeah, I'm at my limit. I don't think I can take care of this anymore. View attachment 45036

Time for that kiddie pool.

 

[Justin]

Great Googly Moogly!

 

[Heather]

Now I’m on a quest for a bigger bonsai tray to combine my two…

 

[tnyr5]

Slippery slope. Look back at the dates, it outgrew its 22in pot in just 5 months.

 

[Morja]

So I went back and saw this was a small little bunch that you deflasked in 2016, then forced to bloom in 2020. Ever since then it seems to have really taken off! Did your culture change at that point, or did the plants just take their first 4 years to mature enough to start making new leads like crazy?

 

[tnyr5]

It's a momentum thing haha.

 

[Morja]

It's a momentum thing haha.

Maybe a little like taking a grain of rice and multiplying it by two every day until you have a mountain of rice. Lol