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[silken]

I'm curious to see how all these transplants are doing now a few years later. There's another resurrected thread along the same lines too.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Pilot

Why not tolumnias, Ray?


Ryan

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because they occur naturally on tiny twigs growing on windward Caribbean islands. They get frequent rain and warm breezes drying them almost immediately. In the environment of a semi-hydroponic pot, they stay to cool and moist, and die.

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Originally Posted by silken

I'm curious to see how all these transplants are doing now a few years later. There's another resurrected thread along the same lines too.

a lot of it will depend upon the environment around the semi-hydroponic growing.

For example, if you are growing in a warm environment things tend to thrive. In a cold environment they might do great over the summer and crap out in the winter.

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by Ray

because they occur naturally on tiny twigs growing on windward Caribbean islands. They get frequent rain and warm breezes drying them almost immediately. In the environment of a semi-hydroponic pot, they stay to cool and moist, and die.

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a lot of it will depend upon the environment around the semi-hydroponic growing.

For example, if you are growing in a warm environment things tend to thrive. In a cold environment they might do great over the summer and crap out in the winter.

Ok that's what I figured. It's amazing how so much can grow in sh without issue...even cacti! But Vandas and Tolies, not so much...weird.


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[silken]

Originally Posted by Ray

a lot of it will depend upon the environment around the semi-hydroponic growing.

For example, if you are growing in a warm environment things tend to thrive. In a cold environment they might do great over the summer and crap out in the winter.

That's why I haven't jumped right into it. All my plants live in a fairly cool greenhouse all winter but have very warm sunny conditions in summer. I would use seedling heat mats, but not sure if that is enough. And then so much for humidity trays under all my plants as they would be covered with heat mats!

[billc]

Originally Posted by silken

I'm curious to see how all these transplants are doing now a few years later. There's another resurrected thread along the same lines too.

I don't know about the guy who started this thread but I've had a bunch of phals and oncidium intergenerics is SH going on about 5 years now and they are doing just fine. I do find I have to water them more than the plants I have in bark or CHC mixes, but I'm a heavy waterer(is that a word?) anyway.

Bill

[karategirl73]

I also find that I have to water more, but the s/h has completely taken the guess work out of when to water, so I don't have to worry about over-watering. You can't over-water in s/h!

[Ray]

I was at the NCOS Paph forum a couple of weekends ago, and there was a guy there who claims that his tolumnias pouted for a few weeks, then became completely comfortable in S/H and put down roots like crazy.

Assuming he really is "doing s/h right" (I have no reason to doubt him), it just goes to show that the rest of your conditions play a huge role in your success with S/H - and any culture method, really.