Cork bark and malaysian driftwood prep
 

I took a trip and phoned just about every aquarium, herp shop and pet store in my area looking for suitable wood for a high humidity vivarium. Found some malaysian driftwood for a great price from a herp breeder... might go buy more it was so well priced and a cork bark flat and a couple rounds. I know if your keeping an animal in your viv you should sterilize it before adding it. I assume its a good idea to do the same even without animals in the habitat. I'd hate to bring in something and have it destroy all the hard work im going to be putting into this viv. Any suggestions how to go about this? I went to a couple second hand shops looking for a large pot to boil them all in and no luck. I read that boiling them will ruin whatever pot you're using so im going to have to go out and find a suitable pot i guess. I also read i can bake them... the malaysian at least... not sure how cork will hold up to baking.
Lots of info on the interwebs but they all vary in time and heat. I cant find a concensus.
What has work for you guys?

Info appreciated greatly!

If it's being sold for herps/fish then it should be clean enough to use for orchids w/out any additional work.

The only time I've "cleaned" wood is when I had a used piece from a tank and I was worried about salt that might be in the wood so I did a number of soakings prior to using.

As for other woods from pet stores...I've used it w/no prep. Same for cork I've picked up from orchid supplies/pet stores.

Thanks! One of the cork peices has nice green moss on it and i didnt want to kill it by cooking it. The malaysian was in a box under a salt water reef tank so it might have gotten wet at some point so i will probably just soak it, in case of salts and hopefully to remove any tanins. Can't wait to get started on this tank but i dont want to skip over something i should have done because im rushing things.

Depends on what herps you want to add. Amphibians are very sensitive to fungus. Talk to a good herp shop owner before proceeding.

Yeah i tried asking on dendroboards but got no answer, idk if its that im not building the viv to house animals or what. I'd still like to keep that option available in the future tho. Dart frogs and chameleons are such neat creatures

One critter I would love to get for an orchid terrarium is not a frog but an Orchid Mantis. They are not cheap and they don't live long.

Sounds like it would go fine with certain orchids!