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Originally Posted by Dub3
Howdy, I just got into Orchids and while attending a potting class I was given a Phrag. Mountain Fawn. While I'm new to Orchids I did run a commercial greenhouse growing Points, Mums and a variety of potted house plants in soilless mix for the retail trade in S. Texas.
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Hi Dub,
Do you know the name of the 'soilless mix?' If it was round clay balls (known by several commercial names, including LECA, Hydroton and a few others), then growing Phrags this way (called semi-hydroponics or s/h) is pretty darn productive.
Below is a picture of a Phrag. Memoria Dick Clements after four months of growing in s/h. It was a plant I won for $2 at the HOTOS auction as a dying plant that had few viable roots. It perked up quickly and instantly threw a flower spike. A year later (now), the plant is even bigger and I'm expecting blooms at some point this year. I also have several other Phrags growing this way that are very happy.
Phrag. Memoria Dick Clements by
Isurus79, on Flickr