Orchid - *MHG #606

Orchid -Unknown #606

                                    
ID#606
 
 

This plant came wrongly marked. Tag stated Phalaenopsis and I know this is not that.


Will have to wait and see when it flowers what plant it may be.


*MHG (Mooring Hitch Gardens) #606 cultivar unknown.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 6 inches x 6 inches Miniature PLANT TYPE: Orchid -Evergreen GROWTH RATE: Moderate TEXTURE: bold LIGHT: LOW filtered light, No Direct light WATER: moist, Do Not let it dry, but well drain . high humidity 60-70 % SOIL: Pot in coarse chunks of fir or redwood bark and/or hardwood charcoal with a layer of Sphagnum moss on top. It helps to check humidity level.
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: ? FRUIT AND SEED: N/A, propagate by division. KEY FEATURES: ?
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch This plant, along with 24 others where given to me by my neighbor, the previous owners “The Cochran’s” which I never met moved out of town and no longer could care for them. About half of the Collection still had plant name/description and sometimes nursery of origin. Very helpful information to guide me into their care. So my education begins..... Received in inside a 5” clay pot. Label in Clay pot, I assume it belongs to the plant. -Requires LOW light ? , tag indicates that but it states the wrong type of orchid ?? -mounted in trellis with Sphagnum moss it had a tiny green leaf coming out in late winter. I removed the moss because it appeared to be over water and rotting. Potted in small clay pot with miniature bark but plant perish. - No longer, it perish.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

April 2012

Additional Information: Adopted from Hank & Betsy Cochran Collection.

Source: Grown by Costa farms. Goulds, FL 33170

April,  2011

As received March, 2011