Glad to see some activity here again. It's been a long time.
Gerrie, do you re-pot your paphs frequently? I've been told both that they like frequent re-potting and that they don't. I don't know which to believe.
I'm in Louisiana too - Baton Rouge. Where are you?
Danna Spayde
--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Denise Nash <djnash@...> wrote:
From: Denise Nash <djnash@...> Subject: Re: [paphiopedilums] Paph delenatii To: paphiopedilum-orchids@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 10:39 PM
Thanks for the potting tips, Garrie!
~Denise
Garrie Landry wrote:
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> On Jun 5, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Denise Nash wrote:
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> Hi Garry -
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> I have less luck with delenatii than you do for some reason. Some of
> the crosses flower fine for me, but delenatii itself is reluctant. Do
> you use a potting mix with some sphagnum in it? Just curious
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> yes sort of, mostly fir bark but some sphagnum and large perlite in
> small pots. I have kept them on the moist side. When I purchased
> them their pots were covered in green living mosses, and though those
> mosses have died, I have kept them on the moist side never
> intentionally letting they go dry for any length of time.
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