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re: orchids & exotics

>         I have 3 or 4 mounted orchids, but I grow indoors, under lights
> and in windowsills.  I have Leptodes unicolor thriving simply mounted on a
> stick (from, appropriately Andy's Orchids, aka Andy's Orchid on a Stick). 
> I find that I have to water that nearly every day, even though it is
> hanging over a humidity tray, and has a lot of other plants nearby to help
> generate humidity.  Same sp. mounted on cork bark with a little pad of
> moss only requires soaking every 2-3 days.


Generally, it is NOT a good idea to grow mounted orchids indoors.  It
just doesn't work.  They need much more humidity than those trays can
provide.  For the house, you'll want only potted orchids, in a pourous
medium that provedes air and the right ammount of moisture for the plant
(rel. to your watering habits, of course).

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Good luck!
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