Epiweb as an orchid mounting material. Disadvantages?

[vraev]

Hey guys,

I only have a very few orchids. My 4th and latest one is a sweet little lepanthes telipogoniflora. I am considering maybe getting a few more lepanthes later. THe plant came to me potted in a small 2 inch pot in long fiber sphagnum. Now..I like orchids to grow them on mounts. I have seen epiweb and it looks very good. But my concern is:

WIll the epiweb slab u use ...especially for miniatures like lepanthes need to be big? Reason: you don't want the plant to overgrow a 4 inch square of epiweb and realise that you can't untangle and remove the roots from the epiweb. It seems like a permanent mount.

What do u guys recommend for mounting miniature orchids? Are u guys who use epiweb concerned about the inability to remove the plant from the mount? I feel cork bark might be a better choice. A wad of live sphagnum for the platn to dig into...mounted on a piece of bark should be also easy to remove later on if needed.

thanks,

Varun