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Bark Products Taranaki Ltd
47 Norman St
PO Box 75 Waitara
Taranaki, New Zealand
Ph/Fax: +64 6 754 6315
Email: barkproducts.taranaki@xtra.co.nz


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Kiwi Orchid Bark
We produce a variety of orchid barks that are well received in the market place as very clean and high quality. They are sold all over New Zealand from Dunedin to the Coromandel, and we also export them to Japan. The feedback from Japan is that our Bark is of excellent quality.

Fresh No2 Kiwi Orchid Bark (Image 1)

Approx 3 to 8 mm.  It is  used for Disa and Masdevalias. Sold in 50 Ltr clear bags.

Good results were achieved in small scale trailling Disa Orchids with different growers (such as George Fuller) in this product. Some of the growers have now moved into trailling a small percentage of their plants for production purposes.

We have to stress that it is imperative that the bark is kept wet, and therefor we recommend an eb and flood system which is deep enough for all the bark to be in water.

The advantages of this product to sphagnum moss are numerous

  • substantial lower cost
  • no weeds
  • consistency
  • ease of handling
  • clean roots
  • stability in pots
  • no algae, nor liverwort or fine moss
  • no washing of pots

This will be the new substrate for Disa growers and at this stage this product is also trailled with other orchid species.

 

Fresh No2 Kiwi Orchid Bark (Image 1) - click to enlarge

Fresh No3 Kiwi Orchid Bark (Image 2)
approx 8 to 20 mm. This is the most popular of our Orchid Bark range. Widely used for small to medium sized cymbidiums and also used for cattleyas, Vandas, Phalaenopsis etc. Sold in 50 Ltr clear bags.
Fresh No3 Kiwi Orchid Bark (Image 2) - click to enlarge

Fresh No4 Kiwi Orchid Bark (Image 3)
Approx 20 to 25 mm. Used mainly for Large Cymbidium plants. Exported to Japan as decorative bark.
Fresh No4 Kiwi Orchid Bark (Image 3) - click to enlarge

 

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