roots

[VickiC]

Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but we've had computer networking problems here at home, and anyway, my lil orchid plants are just sitting there.....alive, thankfully.....but basically, doing nothing.....thus, no issues.

I have been waiting to see if one of my Catts was going to start new roots so that I could transfer it to S/H, and now it has so I started to move it over a few mintues ago..... but before I did, I decided to ask you this question: Are the old brown roots alive or dead?? From the time that I started trying to grow orchids a few months ago, determining this was always something I've been unclear about, so some of my orchids have survived and grown probably out of sheer luck. None of these brown roots you see are mushy , but the outer covering slides off a few of them. Even though the velamen comes off easily, does that mean that the actual root underneath is dead?

Another question: Why are the leaves wrinkled? What am I doing that is causing this and what do I do to correct the problem, if poss.?

I would appreciate anyone's help!
Thanks in advance,
Vicki