Kool-Logs - Are they a good alternative for mounted orchids...

[rbarata]

...in a dry environment.
I have one mounted orchid but I need to mist it every days. It's a drag!

What do you think?

[fishmom]

When I tried one, I found that the white salt deposits built up quickly. RO water might give a better result. I didn't keep it going for long, as I recall.

[Roberta]

I have had mixed success with them. A few plants will grab on, but many don't. And they don't stay that wet unless you add some sphaghum - the water drains out of the porous clay pretty fast so they don't buy all that much extra time between waterings

[estación seca]

You may be able to find terra cotta pots that weep more water than the higher quality Italian ones. I have read members here saying they were able to use those when regular KoolLogs didn't stay moist enough.

I recall reading here of people glueing the rims of two pots the same size together, putting a plug into one pot's drainage hole and hanging the contraption. The inverted pot's drain hole was used to fill the pots. I think other people set on pot, inverted, into a dish of water with the orchid mounted on the pot.

Eureka! I just remembered this thread on using an olla. Neo on an olla