Join me on one of my most frustrating repots!! My Dendrobium Temesak Princess (a phalaenopsis type) and an extremely pot-bound Dendrobium Nobile type hybrid. The Nobile ended up being one of the most pot-bound orchids I've ever had the pleasure of repotting (kidding, I drank like 3 glasses of wine during the process!!).
These big, tall dens are extremely top heavy so when repotting, some thought needs to go in to keeping them from toppling over. There are several solutions. Mounting is an option but it's not something I do, and also its an extremely heavy plant to mount.
Using a pot, but hanging them allows the pot to stay upright, but you will still often need to stake or tie the plant to stop the canes splaying out.
I use rocks in the pot to weigh it down and stops it from toppling and /or unpotting itself.
Enjoy!
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Background Music:
Just Wanna Run (Hallman Remix) - Sebastian Forslund
11 сен 2024
