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Originally Posted by Mahon
(Post 25464)
Pleurothallids typically aren't the easiest to grow, unless you have the proper conditions. Most need little light and higher humidity, while having cooler temperatures. There are a few lowland species that can tolerate warmer temperatures and more sun (Pleurothallis gelida to name a VERY common one).
Epidendrum are easier to grow and can tolerate different conditions.
Spathoglottis plicata can easily be grown. It LOVES water and shadier conditions over drier, sunnier conditions. In shade and wetter conditions, plants can grow leaves 2+ feet long. In sunnier conditions, plants are much shorter. They grow quite well, and form large clumps in little time.
The Phal. cornu-cervi is easy as well. Treat it the same as other Phal. plants. I kept mine a little drier, but never let the leaves shrivel. :)
-Pat
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Hi Pat,
I have P. matudiana, P. turekheimii, P. hypnicola, P. platystachya, P. linariifolia, P. groybi, P. tribuloides, P. cardiophylla, P. palliolata, one that is possibly P. No. 7, one that is possibly P pubescens and another NOID [the labels came off, got mixed up, waiting for them to flower].
I have all of them mounted on either cork bark with moss or treenfern, except for the tribuloides and groybi; potted, and the palliolata which is in an open mesh basket made from gutter guard, in scoria/lava rock [they're new and I will probably mount them too].
Most have grown in one or another fishtank but I did have the 3 NOIDs in my hobby GH and in summer the temperature got up to 35 degrees celcius maybe 3 times [one of the reasons why I want to build a proper GH] :shock:
I was watering the mounts twice almost three times a day and wetting everything down but anyway NOID 1's leaves started turning black and dropped off.
I moved it to my 3ft fishtank with only 4-5 leaves, it lost another 1-2 leaves and I could have sworn it was going to die :( but it has actually put out a new leaf :)
The other 2 Pleurothallis NOIDs, on the other hand didn't seem bothered by the temperatures, at all. One has only put out a new leaf, but it only had 3 leaves to start with and has etablished a very good root system on the cork and the other one has more than tripled it's original size :banana: .
So yeah IME some can be touchy but in general with my conditions I have found them easy, but my conditions are possibly optimal for them- especially the high humidity of my fishtanks. :)
