Phalaenopsis speciosa C1 red

Phalaenopsis speciosa C1 in bloom. It's  indigo/purple  sibling has also thrown out a spike... 

Acclimatisation in progress

Made holes and cuts on the top and sides of the container to get the seedlings accustomed to growing in normal enviromnent. The covers will eventually be removed and they will continue to grow in these containers untill ready for potting or mounting onto fern barks  or cork bark.

Renanthera kalsom 4N

This has been growing tied to a red palm. Not reached full potential yet but nice large blooms nontheless.

Deflasked

The process is not too difficult, I didn't want to break the bottles so all that was needed was a few gentle shakes then with the help of a korean metal chopstick ( wiped with alcohol) the seedlings came out of the bottle quite easily. I am using mid size plastic food containers, these are good as they allow light and maintain high humidity. I made holes in the bottom for drainage. media is just spaghnum moss to start. The media is washed off the seedling roots and they are given a short soak in a diluted fungicide solution. I sort them out grouping the larger ones of the same parentage together into one container. Placed on the moist moss, they are kept covered in a bright area with some morning sun. Remember to remove the covers if the sun is direct otherwise the seedlings will get cooked. First few days I keep the humidity high so that they don't get shocked in the new environment. Holes are slowly added on to allow the seedlings to adjust to open air growing.

I use Lushgro Tuber from eco city hydrophonics to encourage new root growth and Gaviota 63 both very diluted.

Sun bathing.....

Flasks are back

I send a seedpod for germination and took back 3 flasks of phal seedlings from the lab. These were from seedpods that were sent for germination about 18 months ago. They look great , healthy and of good size. Deflasking over the weekend...

Golden star

After a few rounds of pest control sprays, the flowers are back. A star shapped  Phal Stephanie Chen

Anthurium magnificant

A cutting which I planted several months back. Nicely established and healthy. A few small scars but overall looks really pretty. Leaves are about 18 inches X 24 inches. I still have a few more of these overgrowing their pots.