[brookn]

Mike,

I certainly don't swear by the stuff, I think if you live in an area of high humidity, probably just not going to work. Mine has done well in the sphag after I took a lot of it out of the pot, nice new green roots, but I could not wait for the blooms to finish knowing that the damaged ones in the middle still needed work.
I couldn't stand the wait anymore had to know it was okay. I repotted today, and because it is so humid here (the sphag remained wet for longer than 9 days) I went with sphag, bark, and charcoal. I am hoping that will make it happier. The middle roots were a wreck, but the outside roots looked good and it had six newish roots growing, the middle roots were also still too wrapped in sphag. With the constant rain here I have resorted to a box fan in the window across from the orchids on high, but have had to turn it off at night, because it was just too cool. Even then it took the sphag over 9 days to even begin to dry. I am sure a much drier climate would work for the phals in sphag, but I am beginning to think with humidity a bad idea.

I really am wondering how the growers make the sphag work so well for them, and when we get them home it is just the opposite, even when the grower is from the same area. Maybe a good question for Jerry.

Sorry to hear about your baby, hopefully it will recover just fine.