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patrix
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I was surfing and came across this site, I am growing paphs,phrags and vandas with some oddities thrown in as well as carnivorous plants. The paph's and phrag.'s are fascinating and I have a special interest in the dark, vini, black warty and hairy ones. There is a beauty in the grotesque, besides I find them exotic. I still gorw the large cattleya types so I view my greenhouse as a beauty and the beast area. I am from South Louisiana but live south of Atlanta now. I recently received an AOS award and have been fortunate enough to name an unregistered hybrid phrag after a deceased friend. She and her husband were avid orchid collectors in their youth.
I hope to to learn how to improve my ability to grow these exquisite plants as my greenhouse is my Eden-winning awards is secondary and I've no interest in breeding or flasking but others use my plants of pollen or pods.
My most recent experiment has been testing a new blend of potting mix for my paph, 2 part alifor, 2 part rock wool cubes and 1 part medium perlite. When I was repotting them, I wa amazed at the poor root systems on most of them. I was amazed they were even alive. Since repotting them, they appear to have been rejuvenated (OK i used a bit of superthrive and KLN) and are seemingly growing well. I am hoping that this luxuriant growth in also happening beneath the pot in the roots too. Admittedly I am a lazy grower and am seeking a potting medium that will not require me to repot 100 paphs.
Any ideas on how to help the roots develop into some of the ones I ahve seen on this site. Glad to be here
I hope to to learn how to improve my ability to grow these exquisite plants as my greenhouse is my Eden-winning awards is secondary and I've no interest in breeding or flasking but others use my plants of pollen or pods.
My most recent experiment has been testing a new blend of potting mix for my paph, 2 part alifor, 2 part rock wool cubes and 1 part medium perlite. When I was repotting them, I wa amazed at the poor root systems on most of them. I was amazed they were even alive. Since repotting them, they appear to have been rejuvenated (OK i used a bit of superthrive and KLN) and are seemingly growing well. I am hoping that this luxuriant growth in also happening beneath the pot in the roots too. Admittedly I am a lazy grower and am seeking a potting medium that will not require me to repot 100 paphs.
Any ideas on how to help the roots develop into some of the ones I ahve seen on this site. Glad to be here