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Originally Posted by jerrymeola 
Have any of your plants shown this much growth in the year without food?
If you do not have time use 6 month slow release fertilizer and in seconds a plant is done for six months.
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Yes, now I completely understand that! They are adapted on those harsh conditions.
Actually, my chids are growing like crazy! New leaves, growths and spikes are everywhere... Indeed, I am surprised. But I also believe that they actually got some fert but not directly. The thing is, I watered them couple of times with water which went through potting mix of my other terrestrial plants, so it contained some minerals also.
Unfortunately, there is no slow-releasing fertiliser to buy, just those liquid ferts.... I'm now exploring that new thing, the worm tea. There is also no worm tea to buy here but my uncle is producing substrate for plants using worms so I'm thinking to try to produce the tea myself. I believe that orchids would like it more than that liquid fert....