npub1a9…9mqqg on Nostr: I'm happy to see that the 2 fancy phalaenopsis orchids I got recently are blooming ...
I'm happy to see that the 2 fancy phalaenopsis orchids I got recently are blooming again. This tells me that I picked a good-enough spot for them.
I set them down in the branches of a tangle of waiwi and other stuff (pic 3), and covered their bases with "forest canopy mix" (a mix of stuff that simulates the stuff that would accumulate on the roots of a plant that's nestled in a crook of branches in the canopy: moss, dried leaves, bits of bark, etc.).
One is in the trees at eye level and one is a bit above eye level. Both of them have their bases mostly in shade, but not completely under the canopy. Both of them put flower spikes out toward the sun. This strategy makes sense to me if you're fishing for pollinators: big, splashy flowers that are very differently-colored from the surrounding greenery, facing toward the sun, where there are no other plants and where a pollinator might spot you easily.
Pic 3 shows the "plant wall" that they're in. Can you spot where the flowers stick out?
#orchids #phalaenopsis #plants #flowers #Bloomscrolling #hawaii #tropical
I set them down in the branches of a tangle of waiwi and other stuff (pic 3), and covered their bases with "forest canopy mix" (a mix of stuff that simulates the stuff that would accumulate on the roots of a plant that's nestled in a crook of branches in the canopy: moss, dried leaves, bits of bark, etc.).
One is in the trees at eye level and one is a bit above eye level. Both of them have their bases mostly in shade, but not completely under the canopy. Both of them put flower spikes out toward the sun. This strategy makes sense to me if you're fishing for pollinators: big, splashy flowers that are very differently-colored from the surrounding greenery, facing toward the sun, where there are no other plants and where a pollinator might spot you easily.
Pic 3 shows the "plant wall" that they're in. Can you spot where the flowers stick out?
#orchids #phalaenopsis #plants #flowers #Bloomscrolling #hawaii #tropical