I've had it in my head to try out a new mix for the epiphytic plants I have (ant plants, orchids, cactus). As I have been fiddling with these plants for some time now (roughly 18 months), I have noticed other growers using really gritty mixes, and others (including myself) leaning more towards sphagnum moss. I figured why not combine the best of both???... So I soaked a bunch of reclaimed long fiber sphagnum moss, cut it up relatively fine and combined it with equal parts vermiculite, pumice, dry stall, and black gold succulent mix. Here is the new mix in a pot with some seeds from a curly leafed Myrmecodia tuberosa and a Hydnophytum formicarum.
I also ended up repotting the two curly leafed Myrmecodia seedlings and a Drosera (carnivorous plant) into this mix also. I'm guessing the new mix will not compact against the roots and the drainage will be really good. Good qualities for ephiphytic plant media. We'll see how it shapes up.
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