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breeindy wrote:
Powdered Cinnamon in the jar i use whenever i cut a flower spike off. I use a real fungicide spray on the roots if needed.
These big stores usually don't have any idea on growing orchids they just have them in to sell them(there usually overwatered and rotted when you buy them) then they mark them down or throw them away.
Alot of orchids grow fine in 'orchid pots'(shallow with great drainage) but Phals grow in trees naturally and do well mounted. Plus its harder to overwater and thats what 90% of them die from.
Heres one i saved from rot now mounted on a bit of wood.