The existence of aerial roots is not an indication that the plant “doesn’t like” S/H. If the plant has healthy roots in the LECA, it’s getting plenty of water, and is. It seeking a better environment. What is
is doing is seeking to improve its mechanical stability by reaching out to grab more territory, so those aerial roots, once attached, can act as “guy wires” to stabilize the plant.
Many years ago, as an experiment, I move phals into S/H pots bigger than the leaf span of the plants. They then sank those aerial roots into the medium and grew happily without adding more.
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Originally Posted by estación seca
I think if your humidity will be consistently in the 20% range you will lose a lot of those aerial roots.
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If your humidity is that low, I think you’ll lose all the roots of the bellina, unless you keep the temperature above 75F, due to evaporative cooling from the moist, airy LECA.
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