Eucalyptus bark for media

[Gary S]

Albert

Euc. robusta has a very thick, soft spongy fibrous bark and as far as I know, no orchids use it as a host. All the eucalypts that I am aware of that are hosts to epiphytic orchids have very hard and coarse bark. Bear in mind that the tree is only a host and provides no nutrition to the plant apart from fallen dead leaves and twigs that are gathered after they fall at the base of the orchid.

Regards

Gary..