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I also added bark chips to the bottom of the pots because this mixture was falling out the holes in the pots. I was thinking it might be a good idea to put something a little heavier in the bottom because some of my orchids were a little top heavy. I accidently knocked one of them over and had a mess to clean up. What would you suggest to use? I was thinking of something like coarse gravel but I'm not sure what orchids can tolerate. I also have some clay pellets that I tried for semi-hydroponics. Would it be ok to use them in the bottom of the pots? I gave up trying to raise my orchids in s/h. My house is just way too humid in the summer and I actually had mold growing on the top of the pellets. But this mixture seems to work awesome in my house, both summer and winter.
So it isn't necessary to attach the spikes to a stake? Do they look as nice without being staked?
Oh, by the way, number three is sending up a flower spike. Yippee!! At least, I think it's a spike...this one is slightly different than the other two, but it definitely doesn't look like a root.
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