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dyzzypyxxy said:Never seen the red spathe variety, Evan. I'll ask the Tropiflora guys - Dennis Cathcart will probably plan a trip to S. America to go find it . . . he lives to travel.

Tree fern fiber is from the trunks of tree ferns that have died. It's used as orchid medium, so you can get it from orchid specialists and suppliers online. It's readily available, but the tree ferns are getting scarce so it's not used as much any more - got expensive. Here's my 12ft. tree fern, and its base is what the material used for orchid mounts etc. looks like. Edited to add, Mj, are you using crushed tree fern? I had a stump of one that had died in my garden and cut it up into chunks for orchid mounts a few years ago.

I think I got so excited about the red spathe form I missed this post.

I get the "Fine or Med" since I use it in with my Hoya mix also. A little bit really does go a long way, and when I root Hoya's I use it in with Fine Orchid bark and perlite. Then when I pot them up I just add some soil and they are good to go.