Purchasing my First Phragmipedium! Advice please?

[Cattleya17]

Is the don wimber large? I called them today and Jerry sold me on the Jason Fischer! He also sold me on the don wimber! I'm getting the Jason Fischer tonight and the don wimber on Friday!

All I can say is that it's gonna be a dent I'm my wallet! But how could I not get both!!! The Jason Fischer is in bid and the don wimber ,Jerry said, will be blooming in about march.

How important is clean water? I don't have a R/O system or rain water. Will my tap water kill them? It's what I use on all my other chids it also is great drinking water. Is it possible to distill your own water If need to?

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Cattleya17

How important is clean water? I don't have a R/O system or rain water. Will my tap water kill them? It's what I use on all my other chids it also is great drinking water. Is it possible to distill your own water If need to?

I use tap water on them, no idea what it's like but it's good quality but sort of mid hardness.

I only find I get browning leaf tips when I use fertiliser too regularly at the strength used on other orchids, if I keep the fertiliser week or less frequent the new leaf tips don't brown.

Tap water has not seemed to harm their health otherwise.