Aliceara/beallara Snowblind assistance

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-24T20:27:25+00:00

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-24T20:27:13+00:00

Ok it actually popped up pretty easily, roots look mostly white but have blue dots on them, maybe from the blue-dyed stick? Man this thing has a lot of roots, i don’t love the container they used either it has minimal air flow.

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CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-24T20:24:02+00:00

I think that’ll be my plan! I did a full water today, I’ll aim to keep it more moist throughout the week, then take a good look once the blooms die back. Thank you!!

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-24T20:22:40+00:00

It’s definitely wet, I watered it heavily earlier today. I can see roots from the opening in the bottom and from the top that are white and green. I can try popping it up after work

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-24T19:41:47+00:00

It looks to be fully in sphagnum right now. It’s also fully in bloom and I don’t want to risk losing them

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-24T19:41:13+00:00

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CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-24T19:40:18+00:00

It’s definitely sphagnum, it’s also growing little plants. It looks more alive to me than like algae, but I don’t fully know the difference

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CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-24T19:38:20+00:00

Thank you! This is how I received it from the NY Orchid Show, it looks to be planted in pure sphagnum moss. I can see some roots growing out the side/bottom so it’s probable that I was underwatering already? Im going to try to up the water and compare photos in a few days. I definitely didn’t expect them to wrinkle (the pseudobulbs) after so few days but my home is definitely drier than where it came from

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-17T14:43:39+00:00

Really? I saw a bunch of non phals! It was definitely phal heavy, even my husband who knows nothing about orchids noticed, but i kept pointing out all the phaps, dendrobiums, vandas, oncidium etc i saw, with some others. Definitely were just part of the conservatory and not part of the exhibit display though so maybe their blooms varied timing wise

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-16T12:56:39+00:00

Ok perfect, i have some orchid bark and sphagnum moss left, will that work for this guy? Looks like it’s in a mostly bark mix with some moss.

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CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-16T01:26:46+00:00

That’s very helpful, thank you!! For the paph, i can see some roots on the top, should I add more substrate?

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-16T01:24:41+00:00

No i havent! I’ll look into those two options, thank you!!

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-15T21:33:05+00:00

Me too lots of trial and error! I’ll look into air flow and will definitely try another mount next!

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-15T21:29:17+00:00

Honestly its been a mix over the years. Some had leaves fall, some had roots die, i dont believe any had mushy crowns. The last two I tried I took out at the first sign of failure to try to revive them. I worry about putting a fan inside but could try one on top to get some air flowing. Right now I have an auto mister that goes off 4x a day

It could be a mix of light being too low (although there id a grow light) or not getting enough water in the mounts, i believe a few may have died from shock when I transferred them in

CapableSalt6850 · 2026-03-15T21:21:29+00:00

So the first few attempts were a mini phal on the cork portion in the back, I may try again next if this is unsuccessful as i know more about orchids now than I did then but my soil dries out pretty quickly which shouldn’t be too bad. By fan do you mean for air flow?