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Recommend potting medium
About a month ago I posted about (what I believe to be) a Phaph that was
left behind by some folks that moved. It was (and is still) scraggly looking, one of the long leaves had a brown tip. I was advised to cut the brown off and apply the wound with cinnamon. Unfortunately the leaf is now history. I had repotted it in spaguhm (sic) moss, noting the roots were a dark brown. I give water when the moss feels dry to the touch. The water I use is from a dehumidifier we have, and I taint it with 1/4 tsp of miracle grow per gallon. We live in the semi tropics (Okinawa) so I keep the plant outside in a screened area where there is no direct sunlight, lotsa humidity and no hairy caterpillars or snails to feast on it (they can decimate a gardinia overnight). Today I dug my finger down to take a look at the roots and they still appear to be the same as they were - a woody brown. So.... Is the moss a good medium for a Phaph? Any recommendations? I hate to disturb it. Is it correct to say that a phaph is slow growing? Another unrealized occurrence from this little rescue: At the onset, my wife chided me about taking in a "sick" orchid. Being the social butterfly she is, I suppose she was relating my quest with the paph to her friends and now I have been awarded additional plants gratis. Seems orchids here are unpopular after they drop their flowers. One is a little tiny thing that a gal won in a raffle. It is very plain looking supposedly indiginous to this island, so heaven knows what all these are going to look like. I think secretly, my wife likes the idea (she teases but doesn't complain). What did I get? I don't know, but Phals are very common in shops here. The discriptions I get are pretty much flower colors "She said it was bright purple" "The flowers were white" 60 days ago I had no orchids. Now I have 7. What is happening here? |
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