Preferred Medium - Page 3 - Orchid Board

JennS · #1 07-24-2008, 02:17 PM

I am wondering what everyone prefers to use as a medium for their Paphs. I have two, one of which I bought in flower around May of this year, and I think I had too much fruit near by and the flower died in about a week. It could have been just at the end of the cycle, but I don't know. Anyway, I have another Paph that I have had for about 3 years this December. It came to me in flower but has never rebloomed. IT was in the in this tiny little pot about 1 sq. inch. I can't believe it could even flower. Anyway, it has not really grown much since then. It looked nearly dead at one point and seems to be on the road to better, but still not good. The roots were pretty much gone when I decided to repot it and it has been repotted once since in spag both times. It seems somewhat happy, but stays wet for several days inside my house. I have moved it outside to try to let the heat dry it out faster, but then it gets rained on! Is bark a better medium? The other Paph still looks good, but came in spag, and doesn't dry out very quickly either. The top of the spag is green too, could it be alive? I will try to get some pics tonight.

I know I rambled, but I just wanted to give a thorough background. I would really love to keep the newer one from going downhill and get the first one back on track. I live in Orlando, FL and could keep them indoors or out in a North facing (but very bright, no shading) or West facing window). Don't mind misting, watering daily, already do that with the vandas.

These are the names of the two (don't know if they like warm or cool growing): "Paph. Raisin Pie 'Hsinying' x
SIB (Paph. Sukersuk 'Eureka' " and Paph. Black Cherry x Red Prince

Thank you!