[shawnintland]

Hi Foxngn,

Interesting because I just did some side-by-side comparisons with a bunch of D. Intermedia 'Great Swamp' and 'Cuba'. In short - the seeds on pure, very finely blended sphagnum moss came up in 6 days, whereas all the ones on peat, peat mix with sand (in any ratio) or peat and perlite have yet to germinate. The ones on chopped sphagnum (Blended in blender) are already forming leaves with tentacles and the beginnings of dew! All were in 2" x 3" x 1"deep clear plastic boxes with no ventilation but opened once a day and misted lightly.

It would be good to hear everybody elses experiences as well. I know I'll be trying more tests without peat.

On the other hand, my platyceriums have never had such high spore germination nor looked better than they do now that I've switched to pure peat moss media for them.