Thanks Al, for all the info & correct terminologies like basal clumps
which is what I have.
I will try them in my paph mix. I may even try one in semi-hydro.
Please could you explain the "terminal spike" issues?
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Cheers Wendy

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Al wrote:
Doritis pulcherrima is terrestrial in nature (and maybe lythophytic:
ie growing on rocks in shallow beds of moss and humus). Never the
less, it's culture is similar to Phals which are primarily epiphytes.

The roots grow all year and it tends to produce a flush of new roots
in a collar all around the base when disturbed. This and the erect
inflorescence are some adaptations associated with a terrestrial
habitat.
Can you grow it mounted? I have never seen it grown mounted. :-) It does
well in medium to coarse media that is perhaps a bit more
uniformly moist than Phals. I have no luck growing it in sphagnum
moss, but this has never made sense to me. It does well in a bark
mix. It does very well in the same type of media you might put Paphs
in. I have seen it form big clumps while grown in a High Porosity
peat based "Pro-Mix" (Mud, as they call it when Phals are grown in
it) but I have never tried it this way.
It forms basal clumps very easily. It is also the one Phal-like
species I associate with "terminal spike" issues.


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How do you grow Doritus pulcherrima. I have read that it's culture
is like that of Phalaenopsis?
Wondering if they can be mounted as mine seems to re-root almost like
keikis & then jump out of the pot?
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Cheers Wendy

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