Hi everyone!
I'm a mechanical engineering and materials science student from Oregon. I also run a little coffee roasting operation on the side. Will trade top notch coffee for orchid specimens
One of the coffee shops that I frequent had this incredible specimen of some micro orchids that I suspect were of the platystele variety, and I've been hooked on the idea of caring for them ever since! I've come here in search of tips on how to plant and care for micro orchids. I have only minimal green in my thumb, the extent of my experience is watering my ridiculously hardy house plants.
Initially, I want to purchase a couple platystele jesupiorum species to take care of. Ideally, I'd like to display them in conjunction with a bonsai tree I will also be starting. What are your thoughts on mounting mediums? Is there a certain kind of wood that would work best, or is it just any organic material that can hold some water for them? I saw someplace that someone mounted their micro orchids on a piece of cork. Maybe a raw strip of bark from a cork tree would be cool! Also, are there common moss species that play well with these orchids? I'd love to get a nice carpet to display with them.
So excited to learn about these lil guys, please share ALL the knowledge. I apologize for the monster of a first post, please bear with my eagerness.
Coffee roaster/Engineer from Oregon! Platystele species?
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