Congratulations Vinh! Those are some great results! Keep us posted on how they do in the long term, if you plan to grow any of them in long term water culture.
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Originally Posted by priz_m
Quick question though, I have 2 phals that are reallly struggling to survive and it's kind of odd considering my other phal is taken care of in the same way and is just thriving in the pot, should I go water culture is there a way to bring them back to something less high maintenance i.e. S/H ? thank you  |
I have yet to try S/H myself, but I have heard from people who do both water culture and S/H that growing orchids in water culture to allow them to recover and to clean up infections, give time for viruses or pests to show, etc. also makes for a very easy transition to S/H. I would try your struggling phals in water culture, just make sure to monitor the center of the leaves and wick out any water that seeps into the center. Try to keep the water level as high as possible without water wicking into the leaves. Usually with water culture, it's best to cover all roots and rhizomes with water, but phals are an exception because of their growth habit. In fact, I would imagine most monopodial orchids with short stems would have this problem.
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