While overhauling my orchidarium this evening (it's needed it for a year
now), I took a closer look at some of my accessions- specifically, the
plaqued phalaenopsis species- stuff like gibbosa, (Kingidium) minus, Phal.
stobartiana- that sort of thing. I'm not happy with their root growth,
except for a few plants of Phal. javanica that are doing OK.
I'd welcome insight from other growers that raise these and other
diminutive phal species, to see what they use- particularly with plaqued
plants. For a few years now, I've been plaquing them with a bit of sphagnum
between the roots and a bit of cork, but a quick survey of my plants shows
that they're not happy with that combination. I generally grow plants that
are exposed to alternating very wet and very dry (thanks to watering,
followed by drying under ambient humidity), using distilled water (tap
water is too hard) with a bit of fertilizer every now and again. Humidity
can be very high in the early evening, and the air is probably quite dry by
noon the next day.
Any comments from growers that are true masochists that enjoy these little
devils- please chime in as to how you grow them!
-AJHicks
Chandler, AZ
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