Hello all, I have some old and new plants of phal javanica, and an old plant of phal micholitzii. Plants of javanica I've had struggle at time and usually die off after a while of trying to keep them going. I had one other plant of micholitzii, which struggled and died, and my present one that I've had for a few years was extremely healthy when I got it, but got some sort of crown disease which I stopped by covering the crown with 'stoprot' paste, but it has been at a standstill since then. Does anyone on these lists have experience growing these species under lights? I have culture sheets for both of these, but some practical observations by some other growers would be very valuable at this point, I think. I have a feeling micholitizii needs to be warmer than what I have for it, but don't know if it is just that it is sensitive to being dried out, to the point where it takes very few times of being dry to make it suffer greatly. There are troublesome species I've found keys to help keeping them alive growing them under lights, but these I don't have good clues, and could use some help with them. Other Chinese species I need much more variable conditions than I can provide under lights in my apartment at this time, and they suffer. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Observations about the growing conditions in native habitats would be very helpful.
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