I've bought orchids in this type of media. I have been told by a wholesaler orchid grower that its a really good media. This wasnt the seller I bought the plants from. He was just speaking as a wholesaler grower of orchids.
He also said when repotting I could just drop the plant and attached media into the new pot and add the new media.
I left Nobile Dens and Cattleya in this media for a few months and they have done well.
Others that were taken out of the sponge type media have also done well.
The main difference I found was having to be careful about watering those in the sponge media as it did hold water for a long time in my situation. I expect for a wholesale grower this could be beneficial as a money and time saver.
As I can be an enthusiastic waterer I decided to remove this media type and use my normal type. I've only got a few left in this material now, just waiting for new roots to show themselves and I will have them all transferred into bark and perlite.
One thing to be aware of, the roots are firmly in this media and can be quite a task to remove it. Move too fast and you can lose some roots.
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