Orchids: Hydroponic clay for orchids, 1 by OCCAROL

OCCAROL wrote:
The ceramic and bark may work. My experiment is with 7 standard, white Phals, that were a funeral arrangment...read overfed, forced greenhouse plants.I hate to admit it , but the best looking ones are the two I left in the original long fiber spagnum. Phals do seem to like even moisture, as opposed to soak and dry for most orchids. I'm still trying to figure this stuff out. My Catts are on life support, while my Laelias thrive. My intergeneric Onc. are not doing well, while my little dancing lady takes whatever. My old Epis that I've had over 25years bloom year round , while the hybrid I bought last year is at deaths door. And then there's the weed. I love my Gerberara 'snow ballet' It's like the energizer bunny...just keeps going and going ,no matter what. I may not live long enough to figure this stuff out, but I'll keep trying