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Originally Posted by estación seca
I'm hoping others join this thread because I don't grow them. When I tried I found I needed to keep them quite wet. When I looked up Masdie culture here on OB I read people writing they kept them wet.
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Oh, you mean Masdevallias in general. No, I don’t keep them wet, that is a recipe for root rot. But it may be a matter of terminology - I keep Pinguiculas wet, and filmy ferns wet. Masdies I keep evenly moist, approaching dryness between waterings (sphagnum stays pliable), similar to Pleurothallis, slightly wetter than Restrepias but drier than Lepanthes…here’s a description from OrchidWeb that I like:
“It is best to water the thin-leaved species as they approach light wetness, when the media is still evening damp to the touch but the pot is light. Thick, heavy-leafed species prefer to approach dryness at the roots, when the media is lightly damp to the touch.”
I was more looking for specific recommendations re: this hybrid or complex, or advice on whether, having just disturbed the roots, I should keep it wetter or drier than usual, hold off on fertilizer, etc. But thank you for commenting and bumping.
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