Regrowing roots on Oncidium 'Sharry Baby'

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Hello,

I have a question about re-growing roots. I remember seeing a thread a while ago where people mentioned a method involving sphagnum moss and I think a freezer bag to help encourage new root growth on orchids with shriveled pseudo bulbs from damaged roots.

I work at a garden center and have acquired many many orchids, some of which I took home because they didn't look happy and I was hoping I could save them.

I have an Oncidium 'Sharry Baby' that has pretty damaged roots. I separated the healthy new pesudo bulbs so I could treat the largest plant. I cut off some off the squishy, clearly rotten roots off and loosely wrapped some moist, but not super wet moss around the base. I check on it periodically to make sure its not rotting or harming the plant.

Am I doing this right? Does anyone know which method I'm talking about? I tried using the search engine but none of the keywords I typed in yielded any results. I even went through my computers history and still couldn't find the thread.

I also have some other orchids that my boyfriend's mother gave to me so I can save them. Unfortunately they don't have tags with their botanical names on them. I know two of them are Oncidium though.


Sorry this was so long! Thanks for reading.