Phal minus would probably like to be on cork better than in a pot However,
cork kept moist to the point of fostering a little moss colony around the
roots. I have seen this plant drop al leaves and then restart a crown
months later. I have also seen this plant make root kiekies inches away
from the central crown. I have seen Phal lobbii do this too. For this
reason I am afraid to declare a plant dead just because there is nothing
left but a tag and a bit of fleshy root tissue clinging to an old tree
branch

It is possible for a plant to like both being mounted and lots of moisture.
I think the luedde likes being mounted better than being in a pot, but I
would not grow it as damp as a minus.

Phal Luedde... They tend to make long ever-growing spikes that form kiekies
very easily. They make shorter branching spikes from the nodes and bloom on
these in the early spring around here and then make some more kiekies. I
have one that is a great grand mother and still has all her daughters and
grand daughters, etc. attached. It is grown in an open 8 inch wire
basket...lots of air around the roots. It gets treated to the same temps
all my Phals (about 63 to 65 degree winter nights and 80 to 90 during the
day in the summer. It gets watered when the bark and visible roots start to
look dry, which is 3 to 7 times a week depending on the season.

V_coerulea, I think it would be hard to grow and bloom cymbidiums in the
same greenhouse as you grow Phals. All the cymbidiums I ever met dropped
their buds when night temps got into the lower to mid 60 and the Phals I
know drop their buds when the night temps get lower than the mid 60s. But I
have not tried cymbidiums in many many years. Maybe their attitude has
improved in the ensuing decades since I first tried them. I know there must
be some warmth tolerant hybrids out there now.

"V_coerulea" wrote in message
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Pretty much standard but I don't let the temp drop on them like the
hybrids. I haven't had the nerve to try any mounted since I killed a nice
Phal minus on cork. Couldn't keep it moist enough.
Gary

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Thanks, Gary. Pretty much standard Phal care then, aside from hanging it
sideways. I do that with some Phals now, and also have some mounted. No
crown rot, ever.....

Diana