Im trying yet another new way to grown H linearis, and sooooooooooo far, it seems to be working to grow it soley in Spaghnum Moss on a plastic pot....more or less dries out then I soak it. I should add that the moss is not allowed to dry to the bone so you have to re soak it in say a bucket of water as you would do if it dried out completely and became completely dry, just to the stage that watering it from above re wets the moss easily. Mind you, Im also having success growing it in my normal mix, but again in a plastic pot, not a clay pot. It seems to be a balance between it staying moist/damp nearly all the time, but not wet. Id also like to say Ive had problem with H bellas I have bought for years, as soon as they get here from wherever, they start to fail. However, from the last disastrous attempt to re house a previously grown elsewhere plant, I took dozens of cutting as the plant failed. I have had all these cutting, seven pots full, growing and flowering like mad and very healthy after I rooted them in situ. Personally ive come to the conclusion that these tricky ones grown in highly specialized, state of the art nurseries dont survive well after you have changed their environment, but if you re root them in the environment they are going to grow in, they seem do much much better.
Just a thought
Dominic
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