Root problems with Pleurothallids

[Ross]

Originally Posted by jmateosky

Folks,

These plants grow on moss covered trees, where there is always a nice breeze. and always moist. The moss is faily loose. It holds moisture but there is plenty of air in the moss. For me it sounds like a lack of air movment. I have seen many plants die where people TIGHTLY pack spagh. moss around the roots. the looser the better!

Mine is mounted and roots are exposed to moist air moving briskly with fan.

[jmateosky]

Folks,

I live in a cloud forrest in costa rica attached is a tree outside my garage, you can not see the bark or the roots of the orchids beneath the moss. I have 100+ species of minitures growing like weeds nautrually outside my house. My horse eat more orchids than you can imagine. Damn horse!

conditions in the forrest:
always moist, NEVER dry! Never stagnant. 60's - 70's not much light lots of shade, the will take more light, always a breeze.

The photos were really sharp but when I reduced them I might have screwed them up I haven't found a program that seems to work very well at reducing he images any suggestiosn?