Kye wrote:
Vengers Orchids used to advocate the growing of orchids in water, and
apparrently had success. Personally, I find this concept a little
unsettling. Hopefully some-one more educated in the usage of extreme
quantities of water can offer advice, or suggest a more appropriate method
of growth.


I experimented with that technique a bit when Rod first suggested it. I
actually kept a phalaenopsis type dendrobium alive for well over a year
in pure water culture, and bloomed it a few times. Which was pretty
good, since at that time I would kill those by just looking at them.

The main problem that I found was that it was hard to support the plant.
They don't float very well... Various combinations of wire and stakes
and a real pain in the posterior. This is why I'm fond of Ray's
semihydroponic method. Actually, if you wanted to grow completely
submersed in water, I would probably use either LECA or pea stone to
support the plants in the container, that would still leave plenty of
room for water.

Rob
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