Have you looked at the roots... more than that have you looked at the centre of the roots?
Miltoniopsis in Europe are sold with a moss ball in the centre of the root mass (with bark on the outside).
If you don't know it's there you can over water easily because the bark dies, but not the moss in the centre.
My one that did well for me for several years had good roots anyway (masses could hardly get into the mass of them) and coped until I repotted and got rid of it. My first one though had an average root system which then succumbed to rot due to this wodge of soggy moss.
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Originally Posted by kindrag23
lots of little plates with hydroton and water 1-2 times a day, sometimes I even wet spagh and stick it on a plate out there to help with the humidity.
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Sorry to disagree, but 'humidity trays' like this actually do little to raise humidity in a room, and even less outdoors.
The humid air just dropps as soon as it reaches the edge of the plate. The humid air sits at floor level until there is enough of it to raise up... you just can't get enough water in a saucer (or even a few saucers) to raise humidity. Folks have done tests with humidity meters to prove that just a few cm above a 'humidity tray' there is barely any difference.
They work in an enclosed area, such as when people grow in tanks, because the humid air fills the tank before spilling over the edge. Basically you need raised sides and the plants within those sides to make it have an affect.
To get proper raising of humidity you need some sort of humidifier that pumps more significant amounts into the air.
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