Pots etc.

[Rick]

I think its funny that escaping roots are an issue. With all the mounted stuff or overgrown stuff with roots growing down the outside of the pots I have, at least I know I have some healthy roots somewhere.

 

[Stone]

I think its funny that escaping roots are an issue. With all the mounted stuff or overgrown stuff with roots growing down the outside of the pots I have, at least I know I have some healthy roots somewhere.

I don't mind roots coming out of the pots but I do mind them stopping growth.
With all the different types of plants I've grown over the years I've never had this issue with roots as I do with paphiopedilum.
And after thinking about it, the main thing I can see which is different about them is the inability (generally) to branch. So continuety of extention is paramount. The easy growers like insigne or villosum or even philippinense etc., do in fact form branches or adventitious buds on their roots.

 

[Rick]

I don't mind roots coming out of the pots but I do mind them stopping growth.
With all the different types of plants I've grown over the years I've never had this issue with roots as I do with paphiopedilum.
And after thinking about it, the main thing I can see which is different about them is the inability (generally) to branch. So continuety of extention is paramount. The easy growers like insigne or villosum or even philippinense etc., do in fact form branches or adventitious buds on their roots.

I just noticed some branching on a sanderianum mounted in a basket. Seems like I can recall during repotting that branching isn't a rare phenomena for any particular paph species. But they do seem to have a lot more root problems than my other orchids. (which is one of the main reasons I started growing in baskets like most of my other orchids that don't experience root problems).

 

[The Mutant]

I don't mind roots coming out of the pots but I do mind them stopping growth.
With all the different types of plants I've grown over the years I've never had this issue with roots as I do with paphiopedilum.
And after thinking about it, the main thing I can see which is different about them is the inability (generally) to branch. So continuety of extention is paramount. The easy growers like insigne or villosum or even philippinense etc., do in fact form branches or adventitious buds on their roots.

Aha, so that's why my MK did that, form branches on its roots that is. What a great trait to inherit I must say.