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Re: Potting Mix for Anthuriums?

Tim:  Are these "coconut chunks" peices of the husk, the rock-like inner
shell or something else?  
	Tom 
> 
> Dan,
>   Since most, if not all anthuriums are somewhat epiphytic in nature they
> must have that extra air around their roots. Styrofoam packing peanuts can be
> an effective and inexpensive growing media ammendment. This material first
> can be used in the bottom of the pot in place of normal drainage material
> then incorperated in the remaining planting media be it a sphagnum or other
> epiphyte mix. I like the newly available coconut chunks, it holds water and
> nutrients very well. It also seems to have a natural hormone that encourages
> root development.
>   Tim Anderson
> Palm Hammock Orchid Estate
> 9995 S.W. 66 St.
> Miami Fl.
> <timothya7@aol.com>
> 
> 


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Thomas B. Croat, Ph.D.
P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany
Missouri Botanical Garden
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