Ricardo's Blog,

This blog is an eclectic mix of orchid culture, tropical fish keeping and Amazon parrot behavior. It also has stories just about anything I find interesting. Este blog es una mezcla eclectica del cultivo de las orquideas, el cuidado de los peces tropicales y el comportamiento de las cotorras Amazona. Tambien tiene historias de todo lo que encuentro interesante.

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Showing posts with label media. Show all posts

Monday, April 11, 2022

Encyclia culture: Potting with stones, getting to the nitty-gritty with Encyclia alata

There are four ways I use stones for potting. The most common is as a layer on the bottom of the pot, to provide weight to...

Monday, May 11, 2015

Sometimes I use Styrofoam cups instead of foam chips or stones to increase drainage and aireation of the media in which large orchids will grow.

One of the problems of potting very large orchids is that there is the possibility that the large mass of potting media will retain too m...

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

A toadstool in the pot of Miltonia Earl Dunn

Early in the year, during the local dry season, I put a few pieces of very dry horse manure on top of the media of a Miltonia Earl ...

Thursday, May 15, 2014

My Dendrobium amethystoglossum lost its roots, so I did this...

Please note that I made slits on the side of the plastic pot to increase both drainage and the circulation of air around the media and roo...

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