Wow, this is pretty interesting. I'm not extremely familiar with growing orchids (you may remember from my earlier post that I just recently got my first, an Epipactis gigantea). So I'm curious about a couple things.
1. Can you explain the requirement for vernalization? I assume this plant only grows in climates with a cold winter season, or else this wouldn't be required right? What would happen if you skipped this step?
2. Why do you re-pot the plants every season? Just to replenish nutrients and such? I never would have thought this to be an easy task, but it looks like orchids don't form extremely dense root systems, making separating them from the soil easy. Is this true?
Anyways, this stuff is way cool. Keep it coming!
Last edited by DanH; 05-07-2012 at 06:32 PM.
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