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Originally Posted by orchidsamore
Your mix was probably a heavy peat mix with bark perlite and maybe some charcoal. It is a common mix for professional Phal growers. Most mix their own.
It is extremely good for Phals.
It may not be what works best for hobbyist but Phals in bark will never grow in Florida heat nor as Ryan is finding out Colorado.
Phals should never dry out.
Phals grown in water culture can do the best.
Here is an article from the American Orchid Society journal describing a University study showing water culture made the biggest plants with the most flowers.
Frequency of Watering and the Growth of Phalaenopsis |
Well the supplier for these orchids is based in Florida so I can only guess that they had the phal in this heavy soil because it is what works for them, though I'm still not sure about the whole deal. I've seen phals go bad in moss that was lighter that this stuff. Either way, its not in that medium any more. I think I did the right thing by letting the roots dry for a day plus some and get it good with the physan 20. The roots when they were given water again looked great.
Looking back at the soil composition, there was some perlite in it but the soil was mostly heavy indistinguishable soot.
I dunno...I'm not convinced but either way I think I scored a good plant!
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