Becca
I grow 90% of my orchids with the traditional S/H method. I believe it makes growing, and watering, so simple. Most of the guess work is taken out. All of my slippers (well over 200) are in S/H along with some of my bulbos, most of my Oncid Alliance, and a handfull of others.
I just repotted a phrag Cardinale 'Birchwod' which was overgrown in an 8" pot. What a mass of tangled roots. Some were over 20" long. I ruined part of it trying to separate and divide it. I had to toss part of it but still ended up with 4 nice pots back in S/H. Never again will I let a plant get that large, no matter how well it blooms, and how beautiful it looks.
I didn't plant my zygos in it because I wasn't sure if they would like it. I tried only one. I asked Ray about it and he told me just to be sure not to plant it too deep. It has been in it almost a year, it is going great guns, and is in bloom now for the second time.
I have had good success with that method now for about three years. I grow my plants in my home under lights.
Marilyn
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