Rather than repot, some growers prefer to...

Here are more orchid-growing tips (continued from my last post)...

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Rather than repot, some growers prefer to add fresh medium at the front of the plant.

From time to time freshly sifted Osmunda may be sprinkled over the top and watered in. Here again Sanders recommends a compost of slightly less than three parts Osmunda and a little over one part sphagnum.

Oncidiums, like Dendrobiums, do well in confinement.

Their containers, which may be baskets or rafts, should be just large enough and, as a rule, hung in the light.

Osmunda is a satisfactory medium.

When Oncidiums are potted in a basket there should be a great deal of crock and not much compost.

Sphagnum may be added to the medium.

The genus requires a lot of water and consequently adequate drainage.

A book might well be devoted solely to Cymbidiums.

Every grower has his favorite mix of compost and these splendid plants do gratifyingly well in all mixes.

They are terrestrials and so do well in straight soil, although they seem to do best on a rich, well-drained medium.

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I'll post more orchid care tips soon!

- Sara