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Neetesh Gupta, S. Saravanan and V. M. PrasadTable 2:- Effect of different potting media on different floral characters onDendrobium orchidsTreatment Treatment Total no. of No. of florets/ Spike LongevityNo spike / plant spike length (cm) of spike (Days)T 1Rice husk 4.33 11.38 36.00 44.33T 2Wheat husk 3.50 10.77 32.00 41.00T 3Tile bits 4.44 11.49 37.00 45.50T 4Poultry manure 2.33 9.66 25.50 34.83T 5Vermi-compost 2.61 9.77 26.50 35.66T 6Charcoal 2.00 9.50 24.33 33.50T 7Coconut dust 2.72 9.88 27.50 37.00T 8Sugarcane trashes 3.66 10.88 33.83 42.00T 9Coconut fibres 3.66 11.11 35.00 43.00T 10Leaf mould 3.83 11.22 35.50 43.33T 11Bricks pieces 2.87 10.66 30.16 38.83T 12Gravel jelly 2.76 10.27 28.33 37.83F - test S S S N.S.S. Ed (±) 0.05 0.04 0.15 0.15C.D. at 5% 0.11 0.09 0.31 0.31per plant & root length (Evers & Laurie 1940). Total no. of spike per plant & ofaverage spike length, where found to be the best also in T 3, tile bits potted plants secondedby T 1, rice husk potted ones leaf mould potted plant, T 10and leaf mould potted plant, T 3had the lower values of these character (Sheehan1961) Flowering character like no. offlorets per spike,and longevity of spike were also observed to the best in T 3, tile bitspotted plant followed by T 1, rice husk potted plants. There was general sequence thatwas observed i.e. T 3, T 1, T 10, T 9, T 8, T 2, T 11, T 12, T 7, T 5, T 4and T 6, respectively werehaving a cheek in the longevity of spike on plant.83