Nearly everything is looking plump and happy and growing.
Our vandas were struggling at the greenhouse at first because they don't get watered every day even though it is more humid there. They are getting much better sun there. The ascocentrum ampullaceum especially was looking bad with the leaves shriveling and one of them turning yellow. We took some moss from some of the other plants and a few bigger chunks of bark from our other plants and put them in the basket with it too keep up the moisture. We did that before Christmas and it is looking much better now. That leaf is still turning yellow, but it's not shriveled anymore. Hopefully it will still flower in the spring. The orange vanda is really happy. It's making tons of roots and new leaves.
All the cattleyas are looking really good- plump and happy. They are making tons of roots all out of their baskets. They are making new growths too, but slowly.
The bulbophyllums, especially the baileyi, are going nuts. Baileyi is making like 8 big honker new growths. Makoyanum is also making new growths but not as many.
Encyclia cindy's newest pseudobulb is big and fat and plump.
The octoporchid/ encyclia cochleata's new growth is massive. It's so fat that it split itself a little like tomatoes do when you don't water and then water all of a sudden. I'm actually a little worried that cooties will get into the splits, but I didn't have anything to put on them.
The red epidendrum has made a bunch of kikis and they have roots a couple of inches long now. They will need potting soon.
All the Oncidiums are looking great. Gower Ramsey's older pseudobulbs have always been shriveled looking, and I didn't think they would be able to plump back up. They are sure plump now though. I'm really impressed by that.
The Phrag bessae and Phrag longifolium are looking really good. Their new growths have made roots that are down into the medium beautifully. The oldest parts of the older growths are looking kind of yellow, but I'm not really worried about that. I think they are just getting old, and the new parts look great.
Phrag kovachii is not looking so hot though. The leaves on the older growths are turning yellow. I don't know why. It is making some new growths. I don't know if it wants more water, or it wants more basic medium, or if it's just delayed stress response from when we bought it. I will be so upset if it kicks it.
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