Hi, Chris: There's always a little bit of trial and error in finding out
what works best for you in your conditions and with your watering
habits/preferences [some of my customers really LIKE to water, others tend
to forget ...]. My example was intended as a starting point for your
evaluation.

Pay attention while you're enjoying the flowers, and see how fast the plants
dry, as they are currently potted, in _your_ window, keeping in mind that
the Den. needs to get truly bone-dry between waterings while the other 2
should be watered when they are still just-barely-damp. Until you get it
down, it's better to err on the side of too dry rather than too wet, so if
you check a plant and aren't sure it needs water yet, wait another day or
two. I suspect you'll find that you end up watering the phal and the oncid
a lot more often than you do the den.

Good growing,

--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids

http://www.jborchids.com
"The Enigma" wrote in message
.com...
I live in North Carolina, in the middle. So not in mountians or coast.
So how do I know whether to use lava rock or moss? and clay or plastic?
Or
should I just do exactly what you gave as an example?

Also, do I need a small fan for the plants?

Thanks
Chris