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Originally Posted by dounoharm
if you go to a large greenhouse (and you have one local) get large horticultural perlite...I buy huge bags for my mixes and for the garden beds.....its only 30$ or so, and I do a lot of organic veggies. perlite does hold some moisture, helps aerate the mixes, AND increases the cation exchange, or exchange of gases...it is an expanded volcanic product....
now, I just love brassavolas, and you have a really nice looking plant WITH A BUD! give this plant lots of sun, hard sun, and water thoroughly WHEN DRY! brassavolas really like to dry out! with a bud, you want to baby it a little bit, put it in a more protected place, but still dry! that media looks wet to me!
I don't know your circumstances or conditions, but if you are worried, just ask, lots of folk here to help you!
put that flower, once it opens, in a small room, it is so wonderfully fragrant!
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I live in NYC and don't know of any greenhouses nearby. But I can google this stuff and see if I can get it online.
I put the plant in a southern window, behind sheer curtain. I have my cattleyas there and a dendrobium, they seem happy. Hope she likes it there too
will water only when dried out. I put a stick there already to monitor. Thanks for the suggestions.
I heard these are fragrant, can't wait for it to open (fingers crossed).
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Originally Posted by Roberta
Specifically look for #3 perlite (or super coarse) You can get smaller quantities at places like rePotme.com, price per unit is high but you probably don't want a 4 cu. ft. bag at this stage... You can certainly use other inorganic material, such as lava rock, pumice, etc. There's nothing magic about perlite, its function is just to keep the mix open as bark breaks down. So don't worry too much about the details, it's the end result that you want. Large bark is important, what else you put in there of similar size is much less important. You could use cut-up wine corks to do the same thing that the perlite does.
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I have a lot of hydroton, it absorbs some water but dries out pretty quickly. Maybe a combination of hydroton and bark would work? I guess I will keep it potted as is for now not to disturb its bud.
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