Types of water: I'm confused!

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Orchids&Tarantulas

My water hardness is 105mg/L apparently, it says online. But I have requested the full water quality report via email which they will send next week.

Use it, and don’t waste your time with bottled water.

Sure, a purified water would be better, but is it that much better? Not really. If you’re a relatively new grower, there are a lot more cultural parameters to master before that.

[Roberta]

That water isn't all that bad. As others have also pointed out, most orchids will be fine with that. When you start growing some of the sensitive rain-forest species you'll want to revisit the options. But while you haven't mentioned what types of orchids you have, I am guessing Phalaenopsis or maybe some Oncidium-tribe hybrids. Those, the more commonly-available orchids, will be fine with that city water.