I'm also growing some of my orchids in alifor (most of the new seedlings are in fine sized alifor). So far almost all of the seedlings like it and they seem to not get bacterial infections as much as the ones in bark and are hard to over water. I recently repotted a Bifrenaria artropurpurea into clay alifor due to the sphagnum moss rotting away in the florida weather. I also have a Casetum species which has roots that have been growing like crazy after I put it in alifor. Even the Ansellia africana seedlings love it. One of the links that were provided (papua new guinea orchid information) said that cymbidiums don't like garden soil but I planted all of my terrestrial cymbidiums in Jungle Growth (a garden potting soil) and they just like it. Maybe it's because they put bark, charcoal, and perlite in it. Also, anybody know how to treat a Trigonidium egertonianum that currently has a problem with a bacterial infection (I was sold it without knowing it was sick but it soon the two new growths got wet and brownish looking.)? I cut off all the infected new growths (now it only has the original psuedobulb with two good looking leaves). A small part of the pseudobulb has a brownish area but cutting it off would kill the only part of the plant left. I put hydrogen peroxide on the places I cut off the new growths from (I even soaked the root system in half water/half hydrogen peroxide liquid for three to five minutes to kill the bacterial infection if it reached the root system). Would hydrogen peroxide applied just to the small brownish part of the pseudobulb kill the remaining bacterial infection or do I have to try something else? I really want to save this plant if I can. I am also planning on letting the local orchid society where the vendor was selling the plants after their lecture there that they sold me a bad plant just in case they may be accidently selling bad plants without knowing it. I feel that the orchid society should know if their lecturers are telling people what good condition their plants are in (which they publicly did at their lecture there) and then are selling sick plants. It seems like a contradiction with the message that they are sending.
Alexis Lake [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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