Are orchids ok with spiders?

[OrchidMan101]

I saw a spider(not sure what kind) on my Phalaepnosis orchid. It built a little spider web on the orchid leaves. Are spiders something to be worried about?

[SouthPark]

If you can see the spiders ...... then that is ok. Spiders won't harm the orchids. But read up on a relative called spider mite .... which can also create web structures ..... and spider mites can harm orchids.

[Roberta]

Spiders actually catch bugs... so they are fine (though perhaps not aesthetic in your living room). SP is correct, spider mites - barely visible to the naked eye and hiding on the undersides of leaves in large numbes, are bad. Yours sounds like a friendly one.