[donkeymom]

Thank you both for your advice. I had been using the search in the forum for Cattleya. So many results I was drowning. When I plugged in Cattleya Culture, I found several really good posts giving me much of the info I needed.

Do you have any recommendation on the type of fertilizer these guys prefer?

Many farmers spread poultry manure on their fields. I have a water softener in the house because the water has lots of iron and sulfur in it - stinky! For drinking, I run the softened water through a reverse osmosis filter. Where do you suggest I get water? From my well, before it goes through the softener? From my RO filtered drinking water? From a stream? Somewhere else?

Thank you