I just purchased a Coelogyne lawrenceana, it is warm growing and I live in
Florida. I would like to know what medium to plant it in. Please help me.

FWIW, I have them in S/H.

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"Dave" wrote in message
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I just purchased a Coelogyne lawrenceana, it is warm growing and I live in
Florida. I would like to know what medium to plant it in. Please help me.

What do you have your other plants in? My advice would be to put it in the
same medium. Makes watering easier. These, IMHO, aren't picky about medium
or pots. I have mine in cattleya mix in plastic pots or in cattleya mix in
teak baskets, for no other reason than I thought it looked pretty at the
time.

K Barrett

"Dave" wrote in message
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I just purchased a Coelogyne lawrenceana, it is warm growing and I live in
Florida. I would like to know what medium to plant it in. Please help
me.

Dave,

We grow ours at OrchidMania in fine bark mix (6 parts fine bark, 1 part
small perlite, 1 part small charcoal) in a basket in our warm house and it
doubled in size this year and produced 5 double-flowered inflorescences.

The inflorescences take almost 6 months to mature and open once you first
see the little inflorescence peeking up from inside the new growth. The
immature inflorescence is VERY prone to rotting if even the tiniest bit of
water stays inside the cup of the new growth.

It's an easy plant to grow if you don't rot the inflorescences and it's a
heavenly sight to see and smell when in bloom. Good luck!

-Eric in SF
www.orchids.org
www.orchidphotos.org

"Dave" wrote in message
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I just purchased a Coelogyne lawrenceana, it is warm growing and I live in
Florida. I would like to know what medium to plant it in. Please help
me.

I too have mine growing in S/H and it's thriving. Hope yours will do as
well.

Frank
"Eric Hunt" wrote in message
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Dave,

We grow ours at OrchidMania in fine bark mix (6 parts fine bark, 1 part
small perlite, 1 part small charcoal) in a basket in our warm house and it
doubled in size this year and produced 5 double-flowered inflorescences.

The inflorescences take almost 6 months to mature and open once you first
see the little inflorescence peeking up from inside the new growth. The
immature inflorescence is VERY prone to rotting if even the tiniest bit of
water stays inside the cup of the new growth.

It's an easy plant to grow if you don't rot the inflorescences and it's a
heavenly sight to see and smell when in bloom. Good luck!

-Eric in SF
www.orchids.org
www.orchidphotos.org

"Dave" wrote in message
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I just purchased a Coelogyne lawrenceana, it is warm growing and I live
in
Florida. I would like to know what medium to plant it in. Please help
me.

Thank you all for your suggestions, I have a better idea of what to do now.
"Dave" wrote in message
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I just purchased a Coelogyne lawrenceana, it is warm growing and I live in
Florida. I would like to know what medium to plant it in. Please help
me.

Thank you fore coming back and saying thank you. Many times I/we put these
suggestions out there and no one comes back and says what, if anything, they
found to be of help.

So I'm glad you have an idea of a course of action.

K Barrett

"Dave" wrote in message
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Thank you all for your suggestions, I have a better idea of what to do
now.
"Dave" wrote in message
.. .
I just purchased a Coelogyne lawrenceana, it is warm growing and I live
in
Florida. I would like to know what medium to plant it in. Please help
me.