Boy, kjp8128, did you ask the wrong one! On page 1 of this thread nc100(?) has a pic & I am going to try to wing it from there. In the beginners forum, there is someone named kingoforchids who gave a web site that shows orchids growing in the wild. In other words, I think that if you use a piece of wood (or some other medium that is like that, a tree in your yard perhaps) you can attach the sphagum (king recommends New Zealand moss sold on
Orchid supplies, orchid growing, spaghnum moss, neem oil, humidity trays and more) you just place the orchid on top of all of this. There are several materials that they suggest for the attaching. It seems like the roots do not need to be buried into the moss, or maybe very little of the roots. The main thing seems to be attaching it all together and the moss is just there to hold the water near the roots. Remember, in the wild they just sit there in the trees. Look at that pic on page 1, and if you need to, post questions here to the one who did it (and all of us can see the info at the same time). Or go to the beginners section and try to follow what kingoforchids has said. You can ask him questions and his answers are terrific. sorry, this is all I have for now. If I travel around on this website and see any other help, I will send a message to you here or in personal message box. Keep in mind that I am struggling to learn the ins & outs here so that I can navigate & take full advantage of all this stuff (that I need to know). If you are new here (who could be newer than me) when you ask questions, someone is going to answer you. And like the greatest piece I have gotten, was that sometimes you need to experiment, be patient, weigh the info to see what might work in your environment, and most of all -- BE PATIENT. There is where they've got me 'cause I have been 3 - 5 years patient with some of mine who won't bloom and several who bloomed then died an untimely death. I refuse to give up. I am going to order a variety of phal that was highly recommended as easy from a website that was also highly recommended. Then I can concentrate on something easy to see some good results before my other varieties set me nuts. Feel free to message if you are a beginner (like me?) and need some further encouragement. Like I know what I'm doing
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