Orchiata New Zealand Pinus Radiata Bark - Medium Chips (1/2") 2.5 Gallon Bag

The bark quality from this seller is pretty good. You can tell how good the quality is by looking at the dark color.

I can't begin to express how wonderful this medium has been for my orchids! This company came to my orchid group and did a fancy presentation about how great their bark is, and I have to say they were absolutely right! It was time to repot quite a few or my orchids, and I thought I would try it. They had said you don't need to mix this with moss or anything else, and I was a bit skeptical, but my gosh I have some seriously happy orchids! I repotted different types such as my miltonia, phals, onicidiums, dendrobiums, you name it and they are ALL happy and growing so well! I am a believer and will ONLY be using this medium to repot my orchids!

I'm happy with this media it fits my watering style better than sphagnum. May need to add in pearlite in the summer but so far so good. Minimal dust, I didn't see anywhere that soaking the media overnight was necessary but it may have helped

Nice bark! Not a lot of small pieces, all pretty evenly sized. I sterilized with boiling water first, let cool, and used to repot a number of my orchids. Have not had any issues to date with it - in fact, I ordered another bag to repot the remaining balance of my orchids.

I like this orchid bark. It looks durable and seems like it will last a long time. I mixed it with leca and charcoal.

i use for my rare tropical plants and am pleased

The packaging is not the same as the picture shown on the website, mold.

Very concerned. I'm not sure if the bag I received was truly Orchiata. When I opened the bag the media looked well enough but upon closer inspection there were pieces that had white fungus, and when I felt it in my hands the bark snapped easily; indicating decomposition. At this point I'm desperate, since I can't get bark media near me in any store. So I repotted one of my bare-rooted orchids in it anyway with some perlite; fully knowing that I would likely have to repot again soon. When I watered it in its new setup the bark let off this viscous tannic fluid; staining the water to a sludge. I have never known Kiwi Bark to do this. All the reviews I've heard were about how clean, and hard the bark is. But the bag it came in was sealed only by masking tape. So I guess it really could be anything. Hopefully my orchid will still make it but I will definitely hold off on potting any more of my girls in them, if at all, ever.