| Hi Tizzy -
If you keep reading in this forum it will become (if it has not already) that everyone has their favorite media that works for them. What one person uses exclusively another person cannot tolerate. For example, with my conditions and habits I have little good to say about sphag and others on this forum love the stuff and have every one of their orchids planted in it. I used to use either straight bark or bark mixed with perlite for my phals, but found out early last summer that they do much better in a coir, perlite and little charcoal mixture. The leaves are never floppy but stick out like stiff boards all the time. At least for me I'm super impressed with the way it works. A mix called Aussie Gold has similar ingredients/properties.
Love your zygo avatar - I purchased a young plant with similar flowers that is super fragrant that I am very anxious to bloom one of these days.
mike |