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Originally Posted by Rex Anglorum
Eyebabe, is this your only Miltoniopsis in s/h, or are there others? I'm thinking the cooler temps caused by s/h evaporation would actually be a plus for Miltoniopsis and help keep the humidity up where they like it.
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Yes it is the only one I have.
I had three others that I killed before I began s/h
My growing conditions are generally too warm for them.
I had the dead ones all previously in Aussie Gold fine media and they just stayed too wet.
After repotting this really small guy into the smallest s/h pot it still looked a bit overpotted. I gave it a spot in the brightest sun I could right next to the air conditioning vent (which is also the heating vent in the winter but I closed it for the winter).
I then sort of left it alone and just watered it with distilled water (now ro) .... and it grew like a weed!
I do very much LOVE s/h and have 90% of my plants in it. I grow mostly catts and a few oncidium types. I also have a "table of phals" which is a never ending variety because I kill them pretty easily too
The phals are now in slotted clear pots with NZSphag which works great for me with this genre. It has been a while now since any of those died. S/h with my phals was a huge /fail.
Lucky is pretty much how I feel about it....and sadly, the orchids I fuss over the least seem to be the ones that are blooming
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