polyantha
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone!
Here is the story of my totally rootless Paph randsii:
What happened so far:
P. randsii received: Feb 20th 2011
The plant had no roots. To avoid dehydration i wrapped wet tissue paper around the leaves and heated the pot up to 30°C:
May 16th 2011 (3 months later) : First root starting to grow:
This was the only root for more than 3 months:
Aug 28th 2011 (3.5 months later / 6 months since the beginning) : Two new roots starting to grow:
In December 2011 the leaves started to grow. That´s almost one year after i received the plant. Here you can see how long it takes for a plant to recover from a shock like this. For plants the loose of roots is a dilemma: they have to do photosynthesis to get energy, but if they do so, they also loose water because they have to open the stomata (leaf-pores). They have to manage the problem not to starve and at the same time keeping the evaporation low.
Thats how the plant looked like in Aug 28th 2011:
And this is how it looks now:
Lots of new roots:
The new growth has developed in quite a short time for a plant that was so weak. I treat this plant like all the others now. Same fertilizer, light and temperature.
Yanik
Here is the story of my totally rootless Paph randsii:
What happened so far:
P. randsii received: Feb 20th 2011
The plant had no roots. To avoid dehydration i wrapped wet tissue paper around the leaves and heated the pot up to 30°C:
May 16th 2011 (3 months later) : First root starting to grow:
This was the only root for more than 3 months:
Aug 28th 2011 (3.5 months later / 6 months since the beginning) : Two new roots starting to grow:
In December 2011 the leaves started to grow. That´s almost one year after i received the plant. Here you can see how long it takes for a plant to recover from a shock like this. For plants the loose of roots is a dilemma: they have to do photosynthesis to get energy, but if they do so, they also loose water because they have to open the stomata (leaf-pores). They have to manage the problem not to starve and at the same time keeping the evaporation low.
Thats how the plant looked like in Aug 28th 2011:
And this is how it looks now:
Lots of new roots:
The new growth has developed in quite a short time for a plant that was so weak. I treat this plant like all the others now. Same fertilizer, light and temperature.
Yanik
