Hello all,
As you probably recall from my previous post; Miltoniopsis - Why so serious?; i have raised a discussion on these beautiful orchids.
I have a small bug towards them and they always catch my eye whenever I see them in a nursery, good or bad if they are nice I'm glued to them. Nevermind this, up to updates.
The Miltoniopsis Herralexander is growing really well and quickly, the two growths it had are quite tall now, more that 8 inches both, some creased leaves but hey i can imagine it got shocked when i had to re-pot it to a totally new media and the summer was stupidly hot and humid.
On the other had Miltoniopsis Newton Falls; the stunning deep red orchid is growing rather well too, in the same old media of bark and it doesn't have any creases - it its perfect and I mean damn! Perfect! But it's wobbly, again damn you bark! Note to myself this hybrid takes a 4 months break over summer to sit there and do nothing, to wake up in autumn and grow quickly. Around 10 inches tall so far and I can see the pseudobulb. Can't wait to see the spike soon, and it probably help I set up an additional LED daylight bulb to give it more light during dark evening.
No space on the windowsill - had to improvise with the book shelf.
Sadly no pictures.
Third Miltoniopsis is Miltoniopsis Maui Pride - basically take oil paints in purple and violet, go crazy but very creative and let it try and old. This is how the flowers look, very beautiful and has a very strong citrus fragrance. This was a rescue from a nursery that got better and is now in full bloom.
I observed that Miltoniopsis are good in growing in the shadow and in lower temperatures, not to low but autumnal ones.
Watering is still kind of weird for me, and fertilizing. In summer it was twice a week and now its one. And they seem to be perfectly good!
More updates when Newton Falls bloom!.
As you probably recall from my previous post; Miltoniopsis - Why so serious?; i have raised a discussion on these beautiful orchids.
I have a small bug towards them and they always catch my eye whenever I see them in a nursery, good or bad if they are nice I'm glued to them. Nevermind this, up to updates.
The Miltoniopsis Herralexander is growing really well and quickly, the two growths it had are quite tall now, more that 8 inches both, some creased leaves but hey i can imagine it got shocked when i had to re-pot it to a totally new media and the summer was stupidly hot and humid.
On the other had Miltoniopsis Newton Falls; the stunning deep red orchid is growing rather well too, in the same old media of bark and it doesn't have any creases - it its perfect and I mean damn! Perfect! But it's wobbly, again damn you bark! Note to myself this hybrid takes a 4 months break over summer to sit there and do nothing, to wake up in autumn and grow quickly. Around 10 inches tall so far and I can see the pseudobulb. Can't wait to see the spike soon, and it probably help I set up an additional LED daylight bulb to give it more light during dark evening.
No space on the windowsill - had to improvise with the book shelf.
Sadly no pictures.
Third Miltoniopsis is Miltoniopsis Maui Pride - basically take oil paints in purple and violet, go crazy but very creative and let it try and old. This is how the flowers look, very beautiful and has a very strong citrus fragrance. This was a rescue from a nursery that got better and is now in full bloom.
I observed that Miltoniopsis are good in growing in the shadow and in lower temperatures, not to low but autumnal ones.
Watering is still kind of weird for me, and fertilizing. In summer it was twice a week and now its one. And they seem to be perfectly good!
More updates when Newton Falls bloom!.
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