I bought a bunch(40) cold damaged phal's from Rona/Revy for $4 a few months
ago to use as an experiment in an aeroponics system. So far i've only
lost two and some were doubles so I am about even on that score. But the
big suprise was when I repotted them. Four of the ones with tags were P
amabalis and two of them were v.Formosa. A real nice bonus since I usually
only grow species.


"Manelli Family" wrote in message
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I was at the local HD yesterday afternoon and asked if they were going to
mark down the orchids without blooms as they usually do. Well, no more
marking them down. They now say the venders will give them credit for the
dead and bloomed out plants. They didn't even mark down the 1/2 dead
flowers in the garden section.

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:52:59 GMT in fSmwi.58154$_d2.27926@pd7urf3no Duncan wrote:
I bought a bunch(40) cold damaged phal's from Rona/Revy for $4 a few months
ago to use as an experiment in an aeroponics system. So far i've only
lost two and some were doubles so I am about even on that score. But the
big suprise was when I repotted them. Four of the ones with tags were P
amabalis and two of them were v.Formosa. A real nice bonus since I usually
only grow species.

So,
what setup and what results on the aeroponics?
--
Chris Dukes
elfick willg: you can't use dell to beat people, it wouldn't stand up
to the strain... much like attacking a tank with a wiffle bat

I am using a modified " pipe dreams" system. It is a 6" pvc pipe with three
inch mesh baskets on 6" centers. Or is that 6'? i always get the foot and
inch symbel(sp?) confused. There is a mister between every other basket.
Works real nice as long as you keep the water cool(65F). I do approx
45sec on and aprrox 5 min off. I have done much longer off cycles with good
results as well but the tubes tend to heat up a lot in hot weather. Any
thing with a psuedobulb grows to insane size in no time. I had a Zygo
flower 4 times in one year and compleatly burst the pot. The biggest things
you have to watch for are the stem/rhizome getting to wet and salts
accumulating when water wicks up.

"?" wrote in message
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On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:52:59 GMT in fSmwi.58154$_d2.27926@pd7urf3no
Duncan wrote:
I bought a bunch(40) cold damaged phal's from Rona/Revy for $4 a few
months
ago to use as an experiment in an aeroponics system. So far i've only
lost two and some were doubles so I am about even on that score. But the
big suprise was when I repotted them. Four of the ones with tags were P
amabalis and two of them were v.Formosa. A real nice bonus since I
usually
only grow species.

So,
what setup and what results on the aeroponics?
--
Chris Dukes
elfick willg: you can't use dell to beat people, it wouldn't stand up
to the strain... much like attacking a tank with a wiffle bat

Should work great, but be careful of sharing plant pathogens....

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info!


"Duncan" wrote in message
news:Y1Nwi.60432$_d2.20181@pd7urf3no...
I am using a modified " pipe dreams" system. It is a 6" pvc pipe with
three inch mesh baskets on 6" centers. Or is that 6'? i always get the
foot and inch symbel(sp?) confused. There is a mister between every other
basket. Works real nice as long as you keep the water cool(65F). I do
approx 45sec on and aprrox 5 min off. I have done much longer off cycles
with good results as well but the tubes tend to heat up a lot in hot
weather. Any thing with a psuedobulb grows to insane size in no time. I
had a Zygo flower 4 times in one year and compleatly burst the pot. The
biggest things you have to watch for are the stem/rhizome getting to wet
and salts accumulating when water wicks up.

"?" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:52:59 GMT in fSmwi.58154$_d2.27926@pd7urf3no
Duncan wrote:
I bought a bunch(40) cold damaged phal's from Rona/Revy for $4 a few
months
ago to use as an experiment in an aeroponics system. So far i've only
lost two and some were doubles so I am about even on that score. But
the
big suprise was when I repotted them. Four of the ones with tags were
P
amabalis and two of them were v.Formosa. A real nice bonus since I
usually
only grow species.

So,
what setup and what results on the aeroponics?
--
Chris Dukes
elfick willg: you can't use dell to beat people, it wouldn't stand up
to the strain... much like attacking a tank with a wiffle bat

"Duncan" wrote in message
news:fSmwi.58154$_d2.27926@pd7urf3no...
I bought a bunch(40) cold damaged phal's from Rona/Revy for $4 a few months
ago to use as an experiment in an aeroponics system. So far i've only
lost two and some were doubles so I am about even on that score. But the
big suprise was when I repotted them. Four of the ones with tags were P
amabalis and two of them were v.Formosa. A real nice bonus since I
usually only grow species.


Who or what is Rona/Revy?

It is a Canadian version of Home Depot.

"Manelli Family" wrote in message
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Who or what is Rona/Revy?