Looking for suggestions

[wolcottaj]

Well I have been a member for almost a year and no post. So I guess I better start.
Well I just picked up a bunch of plants in a trade (orchids, rare bromeliads, and carnivorous plants). One of the orchids is a Variegated vanilla orchid. He gave me three cuttings of it. Also as of right now he is not having much luck with it. He told me to put it in on top of some sphagnum moss (I have a lid on this by the way). To get it to root. Just wondering if this is the right way to go about it.

Well I tried to take some pics of it to show how it looks. All the roots look dead to me and some of the ends of the clippings are black.