please help with mold!!:(
 

:_(my new Trichopilia sauvis started to grow mold around the base of the plant i dont know why its doing that never had that problem before. its potted in a bark, charcoal,spong rock mixture and its newly potted. i have been trying to water it more sense it was newly potted so if anyone has any idea what i could do to stop the mold it would be well appreicated! sorry no phots i scraped the mold of the plant!:_(

Krystle, loujost over on Peter's site uses aspirin for mold. Here is what he said:

"It seemed to be more effective than Physan in stopping my severe mold/fungus problems with my Phals. I now dissolve 1 500mg tablet in 500 ml of water, and keep that handy next to my watering container. When I fill my 1/3 gal watering container, I usually dump about 20-50 ml of the aspirin solution in it. Just in case the aspirin may interfere with fertilizer uptake, I sometimes fertilize without adding aspirin. This concenrtation may not be the optimum. I can't say I have done careful scientific experiments, but it seems to have helped."

the link is here: Big Leaf Orchid forum • View topic - Fatal attack against Phalaenopsis: mold? insects?

thank you very much my poor plant:_(