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06-19-2008, 03:59 PM
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Pink NOID phal
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06-19-2008, 04:39 PM
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And a very pretty phalaenopsis it is!
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06-19-2008, 04:50 PM
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That is beautiful blackorchid!
Packing peanuts and sphag moss ei? never thought of that, what's the ratio ?
I ask beacause I am having a bit of trouble with a phal that refuses to grow into any media mix, bark, LECA, moss...
Priz
PS, yes the credit for the blooms is all yours
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06-19-2008, 05:03 PM
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lol I fancied sphagnum moss for a while but it stayed too wet in my condition, therefore, I added styrofoam peanut in to help dry it off some what. Note that when I grew that orchid, I didn't have fan so the air is pretty much stagnant. With that method, I watered around once every 3 days in the summer, and once a week in the winter. It was one part sphagnum and one part peanut (slightly less moss). With clear plastic pot, I can tell just when I need to water.
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06-19-2008, 05:12 PM
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A beauty, indeed
Congrats to you on it's bloomage !
How good of you to give away one fine Phal to a friend
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06-19-2008, 05:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blackorchid
lol I fancied sphagnum moss for a while but it stayed too wet in my condition, therefore, I added styrofoam peanut in to help dry it off some what. Note that when I grew that orchid, I didn't have fan so the air is pretty much stagnant. With that method, I watered around once every 3 days in the summer, and once a week in the winter. It was one part sphagnum and one part peanut (slightly less moss). With clear plastic pot, I can tell just when I need to water.
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Thank you blackorchid, your potting mix is certainly showing results!
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06-19-2008, 05:31 PM
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Good growing blackorchid. Peanut styrofoam and sphagnum??Sound like a winner
Lecent
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06-19-2008, 05:38 PM
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Just be careful. Some folks like, Dorothy, are quick to jump on the "pink thing" They suggest all sorts of weird things. Check it out http://www.orchidboard.com/community...enisuzume.html I mean, can't a person like pink flowers? That's all I ask
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06-19-2008, 05:55 PM
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Of course, they can, Ross ..
It's just that when you like pink flowers .. well .. I have to stand back and say .. WOW!
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