They're understory plants that grow in deep shade. I've burned Phals that got less than an hour of late October, very early morning sun through a window.
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I didn't mean to imply using distilled water only. What I had in mind was to flush the pot thoroughly say once a month with distilled water sort of like a good rain storm. I currently fertilize every other week with a weak Schlultz's mix and every alternating week with a Kelp mix.
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It comes back to the quality of your tap water. Your water utility posts a water quality report online. You can find the dissolved mineral level and pH there. Our alkaline, highly-mineral-laden water in Phoenix is great for desert plants and human bone formation, very poor for orchids.
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