I have re-mounted it on a piece of cholla cactus and it looks very nice there.
Ross-yes I do understand root structure. To clarify what I mean by "crappy roots" I mean, they have been dead so long that they almost fell right off, and were totally brown and beyond the point of mushy to totally hollow. I can't believe how big some of those in the pics are. I wish I could just buy a small division from someone with a plant like that. I mean, if mine really is blooming size, it surely will have little tiny flowers in proportion to the leaves. I can't believe the website was charging 15 for those. Luckily I got the "special," so I bought 10 plants and got screwed on all of them. hehe. No, it turned out ok though because one of the cattleyas I bought had heat damage, so I get to keep it and they are sending me a new one and they are pretty big.
Oh-I don't think the wood is treated with anything. It is just a naturally dark wood. It is ugly though, so I have taken all the plants off of them and either put them in pots or remounted them on other stuff.
Thanks for all your help, you guys. I am not a total beginner, but I wanted to post my q in this forum because I am new to growing b. nodosa.
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