your favorite media for phals?

[bil]

Originally Posted by judith_arquette

I have killed somewhere around 30 phals....I "love" them to death. Because I can't control myself when it comes to watering, the only success I've had with my 3 remaining phals was to mount them, upside down, with just the smallest amount of sphag. This way I can mist them every day or so without over watering them. I simply cannot control my compulsion.

Then pot them in coarse bark. You can't overwater them then Or overpot them..

[judith_arquette]

Originally Posted by bil

Then pot them in coarse bark. You can't overwater them then Or overpot them..

Oh you'd be surprised
They're actually doing so well since I mounted them last spring that I wouldn't dare move them. They had maybe a decent root and a half between them at the time and now they have big, fat, happy looking roots growing everywhere <3 I even got one to put out a spike with a single bloom
But it just goes to show how many variables there are in what works for different people, from different climates to different watering "habits"

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Originally Posted by judith_arquette

I have killed somewhere around 30 phals....I "love" them to death. Because I can't control myself when it comes to watering, the only success I've had with my 3 remaining phals was to mount them, upside down, with just the smallest amount of sphag. This way I can mist them every day or so without over watering them. I simply cannot control my compulsion.

You need to grow Bulbophyllums. Seriously.