Orchid - #622

Orchid -Vanda type, single stem

                                  
   ID#622
 
 

This plant, along with 24 other where given to me the previous owners moved out of town and no longer could care for them. I have never met the Cochran’s, but I have a glasshouse that can accommodate the plants.


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...

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 6 inches x 6 inches Small PLANT TYPE: Orchid -Evergreen GROWTH RATE: Moderate TEXTURE: bold LIGHT: filtered light, high WATER: moist all year round, drained, high humidity 60-70 % SOIL: Pot in coarse chunks of fir or redwood bark and/or hardwood charcoal
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: flowers...... FRUIT AND SEED: N/A, propagate by division. KEY FEATURES: leaves....
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..... Plant came in a 2” pot with bark. Places in a 6” wood basket and later mounted the basket on Wooden Trellis D with bark and some sphagnum moss to increase moisture retention. Aerial roots look healthy. It has not flower yet.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

May 2012

Additional Information: Adopted from Hank & Betsy Cochran Collection.

April, 2011

Ass received  -  April, 2011

May 2012

Cochran’s Collection - March 2011