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[cb977]

Hi,, I'm Sue

It's REALLY hot here! and humid!

I mist all the chids every day, sometimes I skip a day While I'm misting, I also shoot some water down into the pots.

It works for me down here but I'm not sure it'll be the same out there

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[stefpix]

I like a NZ sphag top dressing or teh roots dry out. The sphag makes the roots dig deeper. I just mist with a wand sprayer most of the time.

People in FL or with greenhouses may just use very dry media but the ambient humidity is way higher. I live in an apt with central heating, dry air etc etc. In the NE only summers are humid. So what is good for one is not good for another. YOu need to try what is best.
I use mostly clay pots and net pots with coco chips and some leca. Can't find pumice, but I would like it.

If yr catt was in sphag well i wouldnt g to the extreme opposite. Where did you get it? was it from a greenhouse etc etc?

My top layer of sphag often is bone dry the next day after I water.

It is like dry rest. In a greenhouse it works in a centrally heated apt it will give you a dry weed you can make teas with.

[stefpix]

also depends on pot sizes. I like small pots. so stuff dries faster. Actually i milke 2 or 3 " net pots with sphag and some leca at the bottom to add weight and drainage. drains fast and you can use a binder clip to attach it to a hook or a suction cup on the window.

I tend to not like plastic pots for looks and takes longer to dry sometimes.

In colorado if it is so bone dry i would use sphagnum and sometimes a plastic gatorade bottle with the bottom cut off on top of the pot as a mini greenhouse esp when humidity is low.

[Shawna]

Well, I planted today. Put it in plastic with bark. Now have to figure out how often to water here where I live.

[Shawna]

It wasn't in spag and actually I am not sure what it was in a friend of a friend gave me a division and it was not planted in anything when I got it. I wrapped a damp paper towel around it for a couple of days and today planted it. It looks healthy has 4 growths with leaves.

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[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by Shawna

Well, I planted today. Put it in plastic with bark. Now have to figure out how often to water here where I live.

I have bamboo skewers - like for kabobs - in all my orchid pots to help determine when to water.

[Angurek]

Mine's still a baby, but I can't wait for it to bloom.

[ewcia1028]

Shawna,I have the same one and grow it in plastic pot ,outside on my patio and it is blooming for me every year. It really depends where you live,I live in California and it is very dry and have some in spagnum moss and they growing very well,I had some planted in clay pots with bark but they where shriveling a lot so I grow them only in plastic right now with coconut husks and bark and they like it.Good luck with your orchid and happy growingWhere do you live?

[Shawna]

I live in Colorado. Planted this in plastic with bark last week but it looks really dry already been giving it some misting every other day.

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