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BlakeeBoo,

Not sure if you are asking if we have N+ or NO3+ (hey, shouldn't this be negative?) or whether PO5 exists as such or in ionic form - probably phosphoric acid radicals. I'm not a Chemistry teacher [I taught Physics for yonks, and Biology is my hobby] so would also be quite curious about the answer.

The face of Chemistry has changed. I discussed photosynthesis with a Bio teacher and was shocked that everything I had learned was over-simplified, and the more you do research the more weird data comes out. You know, first this splits up into these ions, and steals an electron here and there, and then the electron goes off to attach itself elsewhere, and there is a water molecule (neutral) clinging onto one of the radicals all the while this is happening.

Or maybe I remembered all that wrongly!!! Teachers are so used to dishing out info that they can be rotten absorbers.

I think, Blake, you are wondering if the N-P-K that we feed the orchids are going in as N, P or K, all solo, or do they cluster together, or form ions with oxygen (nitrate, nitrite, nitride ..? ) or whatever... Right?

So, does anyone know the answer? If too technical, well we are in the scientific thread of this board, so many some of us can try to understand what is happening.