New member - with questions!

[charitysmama]

Hello everyone, this is my first post and so I am not sure I am in the right place. The instructions on how to post said "Find the appropriate forum/category where your new thread will fit best". I am not sure how to do that, so I will ask my question anyway since this post was titled "beginner discussion" and since I have a feeling some of you aren't beginners, here goes. I live in SW Oregon where the humidity is good. I have had success keeping orchids in a south facing garden window, just pulling them back in the summer or hanging a curtain. I have noticed recently that leaves were dropping so I went on line and read on line from posts several years ago about orchids from box stores being packed too tightly in moss. I dumped mine out and sure enough they were jammed with the stuff. I thought I read on some of those posts to repack them lightly with moss, but I also see that people use bark. Would bark be better in an area with good humidity? I dumped out about 4 orchids and put them in baggies and have been misting them. I was thinking about putting some damp moss in the bottom of the baggy and keeping the roots free until I see new growth. I am using the baggies so I can see thru them. What will the answers be???

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