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Originally Posted by omlitt2
I an see that there is moss on the top! would you assume the rest of it is moss then?
sorry, complete newb
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I really don't like the term newb. It implies you are some kind of fool. We are all 'newbs' every time we try a new type of orchid.
A lot of firms sell orchids packed in moss. I have bought plants whose roots were all dead, and the pot was full of a solid, rotting mass of moss and roots.
To keep a phal in moss requires real care, dedication and careful observation.
I make the joke that Mossites are filthy heretics that have abandoned the one true Barkista faith.
However, I do think that telling newcomers to the hobby to pot phals and other thick root epiphytes in moss is doing them a disservice. If you pot the phals in coarse bark, and nothing else, it is impossible to overwater them.
Basically, it's up to you. I do worry that too many newcomers find it so hard to keep them i mosss that they give up on the hobby which is a shame.
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