Wooden Cachepot 15cm

🪵 Wooden Cachepot 15cm: The Rustic, Airy Support for Your Orchids ✨

The Wooden Cachepot 15cm is the perfect choice for anyone looking for a fine, handcrafted and highly functional support for growing epiphytic orchids and air plants. Made from highly durable, moisture-resistant wood, this slatted basket has been designed to mimic the natural habitat of orchids, where the roots grow exposed to the air and attach themselves freely to wooden surfaces. The Wooden Cachepot 15cm combines unrivalled rustic charm with the best possible air circulation for the plant's root system.

Indeed, excess moisture retention around the roots is the main cause of losses among orchids. By choosing the Wooden Cachepot 15cm, you ensure constant 360-degree airflow and immediate drainage of watering water. With a diameter and height of 15 cm, this model is ideal for medium-sized species that appreciate quick drying, such as Cattleya, Vanda, Dendrobium, Oncidium and Stanhopea. It can also be used standing on worktops or hung in porches and greenhouses with the help of chains or hooks.

✨ Key Features of the Wooden Cachepot 15cm

• Durable, Natural Wood: Built with treated, highly durable wooden slats, resistant to premature decay caused by constant watering.
• Slatted Design for Maximum Ventilation: The open structure allows air to circulate freely between the slats, promoting quick drying of the substrate and preventing fungi.
• Exceptional Root Anchorage: The rustic texture of the wood provides perfect anchorage for the velamen-covered roots, which cling naturally to the walls of the basket.
• Versatile 15 cm Size: A well-balanced size, ideal for growing mature, medium-sized plants or for grouping developing seedlings.

🌱 How to Grow in the Wooden Cachepot 15cm

Growing in the Wooden Cachepot 15cm offers enormous flexibility and can be adapted to the specific needs of each orchid genus.

1. Growing with Coarse-Grade Substrate

If you choose to use substrate inside the Wooden Cachepot 15cm, use large-grain materials that will not slip through the gaps between the slats. We recommend a mix of large-grade pine bark with pieces of coconut fibre or sphagnum moss in small quantities to retain just the right amount of moisture.

2. Bare-Root Growing (No Substrate)

For genera such as Vanda or Ascocenda, the plant can be placed directly inside the Wooden Cachepot 15cm without any substrate at all. The roots will weave themselves through the wooden slats and hang down very elegantly.

3. Managing Watering and Position

Due to the high ventilation of the Wooden Cachepot 15cm, watering should be more frequent during the warm spring and summer months, as the container dries out very quickly. Water generously until all the wood and roots are thoroughly wet.

🧪 Recommended Nutrition and Fertilising

As plants grown in wooden baskets dry out quickly and require frequent watering, regular feeding is essential to replenish nutrients. During the leaf growth and new root development season, use the Orchid Focus Grow fertiliser diluted in the watering water. When the plant reaches maturity and approaches the flower induction period, switch to Orchid Focus Bloom to encourage strong, abundant flower spikes.

Explore these nutrition options in our specialist section of orchid fertilisers and foliar feeds. To deepen your knowledge of the best growing techniques in baskets and wooden supports, also see the website of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

Buy the **Wooden Cachepot 15cm** and give your orchids the perfect combination of natural beauty and healthy roots!