Sharing my daily balcony growing in Shandong

My balcony growing, Shandong --- the rootless old seedling edition

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First, cut off the burrs formed by the rotting leaf sheaths, then use a toothbrush under the faucet to brush the soil and rotting tissue off the pseudobulb clean, the purpose being to let the pseudobulb come into close contact with the potting medium. Be gentle when brushing; if you are too rough and brush the growth points to mush, it will turn into a thousand-year-old relic. Zhu Dayong can rub roots until they form crystal tips, while we can brush pseudobulbs until little lives appear, o(∩_∩)o

Do not cut off the remaining fibrous strands from the rotted roots; although they have no function of absorbing nutrients, they can hold the plant steady and can absorb water and pass it on to the pseudobulb.

Cut off two-thirds of the leaves to prevent water from evaporating too quickly and causing the pseudobulb to shrivel. When transplanting trees in summer you cut off the crown, and the principle is the same.

When potting up, the lower three-quarters of the potting medium is ordinary potting medium, and it should have nutrients so that after the new shoots take root they can absorb nutrients as quickly as possible and avoid producing toothpick-thin seedlings. The upper quarter should be fine-grained Kanuma soil, the finer the better; you can mix in some fine weathered rock dust, the purpose being to make the contact area between the potting medium and the pseudobulb as large as possible and to retain moisture. If the granules are too large, the potting medium and the pseudobulb will only touch at points, and no matter how much you water, it cannot keep the pseudobulb moist.

After potting up, in this season place it in a sunny, wind-sheltered spot and keep the pot surface moist, the purpose being to keep the pot soil temperature as high as possible and promote sprouting. In summer, place it in a cool, ventilated spot to prevent the sun from drying the seedling into orchid jerky, ha ha.

A while ago I received a rootless Lijiang Snow seedling from a fellow orchid grower, and with this treatment it sprouted in less than a month.

Potting situation

The little lives arrived as promised, o(∩_∩)o , and I will keep reporting the growth situation to my fellow orchid growers. Fellow orchid growers are welcome to discuss it together.