Well...what can I add? The words of Hillerman speak for themselves.

I'd say, Ryan, since you have experience with mounted plants, why not mount them all? I actually only have Aeranthes peyrotii (and henrici of course) mounted, and that's really just because it had grown roots throughout the foam rubber it came mounted on. But I would be fairly confident with Grandiose on a mount. You might also consider a basket for it. Someone on the OSF recently posted theirs and it was in a basket with multiple spikes. I would also defer to OakHills conditions. Call them and find out how they've been growing it in terms of temps and watering, etc.

My Psychs. do well in a variety of media. One is in clay pellets in a s/h pot. One is in sphag in a clay pot. One is in bark in a plastic pot. The last is in diatomite in a shallow s/h pot. I think as long as you use good water, let them dry out between, and give them high light, you can't go wrong.
-MB

WOW, thanks so much! guess I'll look into mounting the psychs and probably the aeranthes when I can find a large enough mount! Really appreciate the advice, of course, this still means I have to build a new rack since I'm all out of room...hmmm, then again, that means that I'd have to fill that one as well!
thanks again, -Ryan

For mounting try Angraecum didieri, elephantanum, equitaans or rutenbergianum. They stay small & like to be mounted if you're used to watering regularly. Ang. sesquipedale might outgrow a typical mount.

Try Aerangis also. Can't go wrong with Aer. articulata, biloba, citrata, mystacidii, kirkii, splendida, etc. etc. All love mounting and are relatively easy to bloom in lower light conditions.

Good luck!

Sorry I got in on this disussion late. Rough work week last week. I also bought a sesquipedale hybrid from OHG during their ang special. Yes I agree, Niccce! OHG has superior plants. I live within driving distance. While it seems that mounting is the preferred way to go for most angs, the sesquipedale is (or will be) a huge plant.

Tee530 thanks for the Hillerman notes! Beautiful.

Mr Breeze (MB) is our resident expert on Angs. His advise is solid.

I am also new to angs. Spoke with Hermann Pigors at length and an additional follow up w/ Greg Butler on Ang care. Mine is about 2' high. Its in bark and plastic. It's staying in bark. They really resent re-potting. I can't imagine a sesquipedale mounted. Its a big plant. I have mine outside under a large spider palm, fairly shaded. At OHG they don't have the sesquipedale's in very high light.

The weather conditions have been unseasonably cool & dry until about 8/9 days ago. Then it turned ugly hot and humid. I shaded my ang a little more. My ang grew 2 new fat roots in a month's time. They really enjoy year round stable temps mid 70's, lower 80's. In situ they get more water Memorial day -labour day roughly speaking according to Bakers. I go by MB's advise. If you see roots, pick up the watering to twice a week.

I have not really given it all that much water. Rule of thumb is usually the amount of the container. I did less than 1/2 that the 1st 10 days. That's when the 1st root broke out. I increased to 2 times a week for the next 10 days. The 2nd root started and took off into the bark so fast I never saw the tip. When the hot weather hit, we had days of drenching rains. I have not watered since. We are expecting passing showers this week. I probably will let Mother Nature handle the water again. It has really done well outdoors. Greg suggested outdoors. In total, I have watered this plant myself 3 times.

Mr Pigors told me to keep the plant warm and well light during the fall and flowers will come during the X-Mas holidays. (Keep the plant in steady summer -like conditions through Oct) He also said high phal light.

MB correct me if I am wrong but I cannot imagine the sesquipedale mounted. The summer watering would be brutal. They will sulk too. My sesquipedale X seems to be quite happy in bark and plastic. I repotted my Elisii in the spring. It is still sulking.

Clara

No, you're right. Mounting of the larger Angraecums would be troublesome at best for most people. I've seen photos of sesqui. growing on top of fallen logs, sending their roots down into the rich, rotting, bark. Based on that, when I get the courage, I think i'm going to cut apart my s/h container that contains the sesq., and put it into a well draining peat moss type mix (pro mix). It's a radical idea...but might just make sense. I'm not recommending it...just passing on info. For the really large Angs like superbum, eburneum, sesquipedale, sororium, longicalcar...growing without a greenhouse would be very difficult.
-MB

Interesting idea MB. Would you share why you are thinking in that direction? I was thinking of coveing the tops of my vandcious plants with something. They seem to have high growing roots and decide to rot right at the base. I have 1 asco and 1 falcata doing this at the moment. The only thing I have come up with so far is Bonsai grade top dressing fine pumice but its not water retentive. Too soon to tell if its working

Clara

Well, I probably wouldn't consider it but I was talking to Dr. Nasser of Carolina Orchids and he told me he'd had great success growing his sesquipedale, Sobenikoffias, I believe he said Ang. magdalenea....maybe etc. So you add that to the concept of them growing on fallen rotting logs in situ, not to mention growing on outcroppings with roots growing into the cracks where debris and 'soil' lie, and that's why i'm thinking in that direction. But it's risky since some of these plants take a long time to get big enough to bloom. So we'll see what happens in the future.
-MB