Repotting a Paphiopedilum

[slipperfreak]

Originally Posted by Sammy

This infomations is just what i have been looking for recently.

I was wondering is it essential to use charcoal?

I was just going to re-pot my two paphs in some good orchid mix with some perlite and expanded clay pebbles? Will this be enough?

Charcoal is used for extra drainage and to prevent the medium from souring. It is not essential, but very useful and very common in Paph mixes.

By expanded clay pebbles do you mean a LECA/diatomite type product? If so, you are looking at s/h culture right? This is something that works very well for some, but not so great for others. Success with it also seems to depend largely on the type of Paph involved (for example it would be harder to grow Brachys in s/h). It's really something that you have to experiment with to see if it works for you.