| I personally have had no luck with phals potted in sphag. I think the problem is that, for me at least, my phals are much better at telling me when they need water than when they are too wet. When they need water I can see it in the leaves (they lose their rigidity and flop over); a watering tends to bring them right back. On the other hand, when they're too wet, they look just fine above the surface, until problems creep up from below and then often it's too late to avoid a lot of root damage. So large chunk bark works best for me: little risk of over watering, and if they happen to be under-watered then they are more forgiving. Sphag tends to stay wet much longer than my phals like. |