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Yea Miami is very hot lol, but these are all inside, oyster shell balances against fertilizer etc?

I tried and failed an all hydroton mix last year lol so I was thinking the bark mix for this failure lol. Pretty mix tho above looks neat.

So what kind of bark do people recommend? I read somewhere that orchiata is no good too? Thanks for the tips 👍

Huh ok cool, yea I think I'm going to repot. Thanks for the pointers. I've read a good bit that flushing is super important w these damned things lol. Might just stick to vandas lol. Thanks again!

I did not add the osmocote, came that way from Ecuagenera. Dunno what they use for fertilizer otherwise. Yea I have a mix of medium fir bark charcoal and hydroton that might work better. But maybe if those plants are staying that wet I could just drop back watering to like 1x every week and half...

Well- it's the same media that Ecuagenera uses? I'll attach a pic. It's hotter temps for them so maybe my indoor setup doesn't evaporate as fast?

And it turns out I'm dealing w root rot again lol, I don't get it, Ecuagenera said they water every other day. If I'm watering 1x per week how is that possible lol

So this is 2x week, plants from Ecuagenera (not blaming them lol).

thanks so much I'll look at that .org. Damned Phrags- Lol, I grow vandas and other epiphytes where I can see the roots, so to me it's a lot easier I bought all these pretty much from ecuagenera, they use a pretty water retentive mix by the looks of it, but they water every other day. I just...

Ah ok thanks again, v helpful. How weak do you do your fertilizer? And how much water do you leave in the saucer?

Hey thanks so much appreciate it. So maybe I'll try like half in water half not? I have Leslie Garay, de la virgen, humboltii fortuna, professor bream, sedenii, and 1 or 2 smaller bright ones. I asked above to someone else's reply going to ask the same here, so fertilize, rinse, then fill tray...

Cool yeah, thanks for the tips! I'm new to Phrags for sure. Tried bout a year ago but roots all got rot so now I'm nervous about the water tray thing. Maybe leave the long pedaled ones out and see how well the smaller colorful ones do w water in their tray. So fertilize, flush - then fill w water?

Very cool sounds like it's working for you

So is the general rule of thumb to leave water in a tray with the colorful Phrags and do not with the long petaled species/hybrids? I have both and I'm just watering once a week with all them, indoors. Seem to be doing ok? But maybe they could be doing better w what I'm referring to in this...

You're saying w a lower light level more spikes?