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Old 22-08-2006, 01:36 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
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Default mini-Catt repotting in moss?

Alan Koch at Gold Country Orchids in California is one of the top mini-catt
breeders and he grows them in moss. If I recall correctly he puts some
styrofoam peanuts in the bottom of a clay pot and then wraps the roots in
moss and sticks it in the pot. When he moves up to the next pot size he
just pulls it out of the pot, wraps some more moss around it and sticks it
in the bigger pot. They need to dry out a little between waterings. (I'm
looking back at my notes from when he spoke here. Personally I moved the
plants I got from him out of the moss because I don't like growing much
besides pleurothallids in it under my conditions.)
-danny

"J Fortuna" wrote in message
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I was wondering if it is a really bad idea to repot a mini-Catt into moss?
I don't think I have ever seen a mini-Catt grown in moss and thus I wonder.

Thanks,
Joanna