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On the throne (pixelfed.social)
 

Josie, a neighbor's West Highland White Terrier, on the front steps. I took this picture.

Paphiopedilum "Presidential Wonder" in bloom in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] sean@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately can't help you there as this one was in bloom when I got it :)

Has yours grown additional side growths? As far as I understand each fan of leaves only blooms once, then the side growths have to mature and those will each bloom once and so on.

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Paphiopedilum "Presidential Wonder" in bloom (pixelfed.social)
 

I saw the flower and couldn't resist buying it! It's a hybrid between Paphiopedilum "Fred's Wonder" and Paphiopedilum "Presidential Moon" which are themselves hybrids of hybrids.

I bought it from Emerald City Orchids in Tacoma, Washington.

Half a year my Alocasia Polly had only one half dead leave, suddenly she grew a new one and another one's already coming! in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] sean@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting about the cinnamon! Sounds like you're doing a great job.

Data being lost? in c/support@lemm.ee
[–] sean@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the reply! Good to know the new version should be solving it and that trick to force a sync. Thanks for running this great instance!

Advice for repotted orchid pushing itself out of the pot in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] sean@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks! Definitely most of the roots are in the bark, about 4 inches cover and half an inch or so sticking up

Advice for repotted orchid pushing itself out of the pot in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] sean@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for your comment! That's reassuring that it's pretty normal for the stem to be out of the bark. They're not really aerial roots in that they were completely under the bark in the previous pot. It's just the top half-inch or inch or so that's moved up above the bark after repotting. Kind of fun that the roots are so strong to be able to lift up the plant like that!

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Advice for repotted orchid pushing itself out of the pot (lemm.ee)
 

I repotted a Phaelenopsis into fresh bark about a week ago. It's a small plant and evidently doesn't weigh very much, because as the roots are growing, they're pushing the stem of the plant up out of the pot. The tops of the roots are emerging above the bark, too. I realize now I could have pinned it in place while the roots restablished, but too late for that.

Should I repot it again, reburying the roots and pinning it down? Or should I just let it go and not worry about it? I'm inclined towards the latter; after all, new roots grow from up the stem and their tops are inherently exposed above the potting media. So that makes me think it's probably not a big deal for it to be up out of the pot a bit.

Half a year my Alocasia Polly had only one half dead leave, suddenly she grew a new one and another one's already coming! in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] sean@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Congratulations! What did you do for intense rehabilitation? Did anything else change (sun exposure, temperature, day length)? Hope the momentum keeps up!

Data being lost? in c/support@lemm.ee
[–] sean@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm having this same issue with comments not coming through to lemm.ee. Compare https://lemm.ee/post/544163 with https://beehaw.org/post/902307

On lemm.ee the post has only 2 comments, while on beehaw it has 10. The reply to my comment is visible on beehaw but not lemm.ee and I didn't get any notifications about it.

The comments are 5 days old so it doesn't seem likely to be a slow sync issue. Sorry I don't have any technical knowhow to fix this issue but hopefully these example links help.

I made an orchid planter, in two sizes. Because normal orchid planters are boring in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] sean@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very nice! Looks like it's 3D printed, is that right? Do you plant directly into it or is it meant to hold an inner pot?

So I asked my neighbors for old orchids to try to rebloom in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] sean@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Wow that's so special! I'd love to see a picture

Reddit changed their minds, do a half step back - RIF can access Reddit but doesn't accept login in c/redditwasfun@lemmy.world
[–] sean@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for posting this! I opened RIF this morning to see what would and I was surprised to see that it seems to still work (I didn't try logging in). I hope it's what you described and not some kind of mistake that's going to cost RIF millions of dollars!

So I asked my neighbors for old orchids to try to rebloom in c/greenspace@beehaw.org
[–] sean@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow so cool! I wish I lived in a climate where growing outside on trees was possible. I live in Seattle, not exactly prime territory. Although I would like to learn about orchids native to the area.

So I asked my neighbors for old orchids to try to rebloom in c/houseplants@mander.xyz
[–] sean@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I think overwatering is very common with orchids! They're different than most plants because they grow attached to trees, not in soil. So their roots are designed to be exposed to the air or just barely covered. They get water from rain that runs over them and then dries off as well as out of the humidity in the air. The houseplants we're used to growing grow in the soil where the roots are used to being moist. So that makes orchids a little different!

Here is a great video about watering orchids, it gives more details than I did and it's really helpful because it shows how the roots should look when they need watering. I've seen her other videos highly recommended too!

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So I asked my neighbors for old orchids to try to rebloom (pixelfed.social)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/518987

I've been getting into orchids lately and reading a lot about them. I have a few, but thought it would be fun to get some more to learn about how to care for them best.

I posted on my local buy nothing group (a neighborhood facebook group where people give away stuff they don't want anymore). I asked if anyone would give me an old orchid that wasn't flowering and said I'd return it if I could get it to bloom again. Well, I had to cut the post off after 18 hours because so many people responded!

The picture shows the first 7 plants I received, but not the 4 I already owned or the 3 more I picked up the next day! I assigned each one a number so I can keep track of whose is whose.

Most were in pretty good shape, just dusty and a few dehydrated. I looked them all over and gave them a wipe down and a watering if they needed it and assessed their needs. One needed to be repotted right away, I think it had been kept too wet and it had a lot of rotten roots. I'll repot a few of the others in the next few days. Otherwise they're off and growing around my house! I'm excited to see how it turns out.

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So I asked my neighbors for old orchids to try to rebloom (pixelfed.social)
 

I've been getting into orchids lately and reading a lot about them. I have a few, but thought it would be fun to get some more to learn about how to care for them best.

I posted on my local buy nothing group (a neighborhood facebook group where people give away stuff they don't want anymore). I asked if anyone would give me an old orchid that wasn't flowering and said I'd return it if I could get it to bloom again. Well, I had to cut the post off after 18 hours because so many people responded!

The picture shows the first 7 plants I received, but not the 4 I already owned or the 3 more I picked up the next day! I assigned each one a number so I can keep track of whose is whose.

Most were in pretty good shape, just dusty and a few dehydrated. I looked them all over and gave them a wipe down and a watering if they needed it and assessed their needs. One needed to be repotted right away, I think it had been kept too wet and it had a lot of rotten roots. I'll repot a few of the others in the next few days. Otherwise they're off and growing around my house! I'm excited to see how it turns out.

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New flower spike on Phaelenopsis orchid (pixelfed.social)
 

So excited to see a new spike emerging!

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How do I get myself to make big purchases when I don't find shopping fun? (lemm.ee)
 

Maybe this is a good problem to have, but shopping is more of a chore for me than something fun to do. I'm also a pretty frugal person. For those reasons, it's pretty hard for me to make big purchases, like furniture or even nicer clothing.

I go to the store, I look at the options and none of them seem exactly perfect, I think about how I could just keep the money for something else, I go home without buying anything. Then it takes a long time before I get up the energy to try again. But once I actually buy the thing, I'm happy and wish I had gotten it sooner.

As an example, I moved about nine months ago and need a couple of arm chairs for my new place. I've gone to a few stores, but every time the same pattern repeats itself, and I don't buy anything. It's been months! I'm sure I'll be happy once I have the chairs though.

I don't have trouble spending money at restaurants or on experiences -- those things are fun to me, so I don't mind spending the money. So, how do I get myself to make big purchases when I don't find shopping fun?

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