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Originally Posted by Ray
Welcome to the Orchid Board.
They look pretty good. I do have one serious suggestion: Get the ferns out! They do great under phalaenopsis conditions, but will reproduce and spread readily, and their roots can suffocate those of the orchids.
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Thank you very much for your advice! I am absolutely agree with that for a traditional way to grow phals.
I do not plant ferns deliberately with orchids. I just use barks from the forest on my backyard and sometimes the ferns pop up on their own. I have discovered that a fern actually benefits an orchid growing in the enclosed system as the fern sucks away water and prevent orchid’s root to rot. For me when the fern starts to grow in the vase is a sign that the system is balanced well and will grow healthy for a long time.
Look at the photos of this orchid as an example. The orchid lives in the vase over two years and developed pretty big and heath root system despite of the fern growing with it as well.
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