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Old 18-04-2004, 05:12 AM
Joe C (free agent acct)
 
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Default Polyrrhiza lindenii/Ghost orchid replate medium

I have a young ghost orchid also...we mist it daily here in NJ and
feed it often also....it seems you cannot give it enough light and
water and food.

Joe

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 15:35:55 -0400, "Al" wrote:

A friend of mine just gave me a huge bunch of mother flasks of various
orchids and Polyrrhiza lindenii was among them. It is planted in very
skimpy media just a few mm deep and they are just protocorms with very
little root development. He says it is standard 1/2 strength Phytotech P668
with charcoal. He says this species for him never develop roots and
normally die as protocorms. They are nice plump and deep green at the
moment. A few have roots less than 1/4 inch.

I would very much like to avoid the same fate with these and was wondering
if anybody could tell me if it is the media itself that is the problem or
just the amount of media. I will probably try to replate these onto a
deeper media bed, and probably use a clear/charcoal-less mixture soon but
other than that I am clueless....