great photos of your growing area Dee.

Here is an update of how my 86 different named epi cuttings are doing.All have rooted except 2.Of these two, 1 has carked it completely and the other one was thinking about it, so I had no choice except to cut it into 4 small pieces and wait and see.
I posted this pic earlier in the forum, cuttings planted just before Christmas.


and here they are repotted into 100mm and 145 mm pots, about 2 weeks ago.



The orchids directly behind them are the Australian species, suave, cananliculatum and madidum.

Looking great, Paul!

They look really healthy Paul. What is that one center right in the second photo with that spikey looking branch? Almost looks like Ric Rak but seems to be growing out of flat cutting. Really curious.

Mike

I stand corrected Paul, the flat branch is coming from a different cutting. Still curious to know what the spikey one is.

@microb...Hi Mike, thought I would post a few pics showing how your cuttings have transitioned from your tropical paradise to growing in an orange tree in the desert. They don't live in this old chair, but in hanging baskets with morning sun. Both have put on new growth. There was a little piece broken off, so I put it in soil and WOW...it is growing a new arm! Thanks for getting me started here

Looks like you're off to a great start!

Thanks, Carol! It is rather addicting to watch them grow

I know! My lemon tree is over loaded wit Epis, so I'm using long hooks under the avocado tree.

I'm in good company then, Carol! We have a dozen mature citrus and it finally dawned on me that I don't need to overburden the edges of the patio when the trees are even better, right? Shade, humidity. Cleaned out a closet this weekend and found some over the door hangers and immediately thought...hmmm...what size branch would this fit?

G'day Mike, the name of the cutting that I think you asked the name of, is Angulier Serratus.Hope I live long enough to see them all bloom!

Ok I guess I got carried away. I started with 2 named epi's then asked for cuttings. Wow everyone was great. Now I have to much. I started the cutting only 3 weeks ago so of course they have done nothing. I have 3 named and one noid in 4" pot plus the rooted 4". We don't have any groups up here and I really don't want to list them on Freecycle.
Since they are in dirt and not rooted yet could I send them dirt free or wrap in lightly damp towel?
I have about 3 stems of camp robber, Princess Kelly, Moloch rooted and had one bloom. And 3or 5 Noid magenta.
Should I just put them on Freecycle? Any Idea's
I kept my 2 rooted and 7 stems of magenta
Wow that was quick I got a tree mail from someone that wants then. I thought I would be dealing with them forever Thanks for looking

Azgarden said:Is there any particular Epiphyllum that would be easiest to grow for a beginner? Any recommendations for sources? They are really beautiful plants. Would like to try my hand at growing one. Thanks for any tips!

I hope you have better luck than I have had or maybe you have a greenhouse that is humid. Epiphyllums struggle here in the Phoenix area. It is just too dry for them.

I rooted about 15 small pieces that I know have rooted. They are not in a lot of dirt but 2" into the soil. Should I add more soil so they move up higher in the pot? The dirt line is about 3" from the top of the pot. I thought since they are old tough cuttings that they would droop sooner. But how much soil do they need.
Does it take awhile to send out new growth? I put them in soil 2 months ago. They are in quick draining soil. I would have to soak them in a bowl to get the soil wet through.
I planted them the same time as Christmas cactus and the CC has lots of new growth.
Not use to slow growth. I put it in the shade. and will wait till next year before it does anything.

I am growing some from seed and I bought Epi "San Miguel" from Logees

How long does it take to bloom from seed?

Depends on the variety. I grew Curly Locks from seed and had blooms in just under 2 years. One of the large blooming I grew from seed has never bloomed after 7 years.
For the larger blooming variety varieties you can expect to wait four or five years to get blooms from seed.
I'm going to try again this year but have to wait for the fruit to ripen which takes months.

Yeah - I was guessing 2 - 4 years or so. Forget which one I am doing from seed. Have notes somewhere. Heh

Bloom period is done for my epis...this is the time I have to step up watering and spritzing, just too dry here. I am glad to see some new growth, at least something to watch.

My red Epi is done blooming too, it looks like. Last year I pruned off a lot of the long arms around this time to make it fuller from the base. I didn't want more of those 3 foot arms in the basement over the winter. A couple of those and you have something 6 feet wide, It worked out OK.

Hey Sally, what did you do with those long arms you pruned off last year. Sounds like cuttings to me

I'm starting see a lot of scale developing as the blooming season runs down. Do the plants exhaust themselves with producing blooms and become vunerable to disease.