Paph. Media

[boytjie]

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

I played it safe and ordered a bag of paph. mix at repotme.com

Agreed! I started using this for my Paphs after negative experiences trying to mix my own. It's now the only pre-packaged orchid medium I buy. A bit expensive (especially rePotme's shipping prices), but great results.

[florafan]

I have most of mine in S/H and 2 in sphagnum/bark mix and they do fine in both.

[Vanda lover]

I love s/h because there is no worry of over watering.

[CTB]

Thanks for your input I have about 15 plants at the moment, and gettng ready to expand my paphs. So I was looking more for something I could put together myself. Shipping is so high on a large bag. No place around here to buy rice hulls either. Maybe I should continue with the fir bark and just add more spag. for moisture retention. I'll look for it at the show in January tho.

[Vanda lover]

We have trouble getting potting media here, too. I got some lava rock that they sell at a lot of hardware stores for landscaping and picked out the smallest pieces to use for s/h. It's cheap. Then I got a nice plastic container at a dollar store and used a soldering iron to put the holes in 1 inch from the bottom to form the reservoir. I have also heated a nail over a candle to burn through the plastic. That works well too. Just be sure to soak the lava rock really well. I like to add a little fertilizer and Superthrive when I soak the rock.