orchid Fertilizer question

[citywildcat]

So I assume you have a still? Does it take up a lot of space or is it a little one? I don't really know anything about stills and I've always been curious. In any case, I think it's been said, but you will need to use a fertilizer for pure water (also regular fertilizers can drop the ph below what is healthy for some orchids) and if you grow cattleyas you will also need extra calicium, so a cal/mag fertilizer in spring/summer will be needed. I think slippers need it too, but I don't grow those, so I can't say for sure.

Missanna, there's a place I get distilled water very cheap. **I should have mentioned, I have no Cattyleas or Paph's.** I buy it for my orchids and for drinking (me & my cats). So no, I don't have a still. But I try to remember that it is pure water without anything in it. The only things I add are MSU minerals, every other watering, EXCEPT those who need only distilled/pure water, sometimes Superthrive, and my fertilizer, as called for, individually, by orchid. (my choice of fertilizer is urea free by Grow More. I have 2 or 3 gizmos to measure the pH but I never use them