[strath76]

Sounds like a good idea Marigold. I have heard that cocopeat breaks down quickly and has a high salt content but i haven't used it myself.

I use a couple of different mixes and just keeping changing the media for individual plants until they start gowing well. If it looks like a plant is struggling I change the mix. I am currently using pure LFS for some plants (I think a gracilis and raff from memory), a mix of about equal parts peat/sand/pine bark (the type orchid growers use) and a third mix of equal parts LFS and pine bark.

All three seem to work for individaul plants. Obviously the peat mix is the worst drained with the highest water holding capacity but I put a x rokko into this after 6 months of no growth and it has now taken off with almost half a dozen small pitchers.

Please keep us informed of your results. It will be interesting to see how the different mixes go with one species. It would also be good to see if people with a bit of space can try the experiment with a few different species to try and come up with mixes for individual species.