On 2/18/2016 4:35 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:07:40 -0500, Dan Espen
wrote:



You never use soil with orchids, the plants don't like it and
will not get any nutrients that way. The roots need access to
air. You'll find orchid planting medium in most garden stores.

There are terrestrial orchids that grow in soil.



Cymbidiums are terrestrial.

--
David E. Ross

While many tributes to the late Supreme Court Associate Justice
Antonin Scalia now fill the news media, his legacy was not
necessarily positive. See my "What Price Order, Mr. Justice Scalia?"
at http://www.rossde.com/editorials/edtl_scalia_wrong.html.