top dress

Started a moss garden. I’m growing five local species of moss under the same conditions as my orchids, and whichever species thrives will be used for a live moss top dressing in my orchid pots. 🙂

I’ve noticed that the established roots of my paphs have no problem growing. Many of them have been popping off with new root tips. However, the new roots at the base of the plant always seem to abort themselves. So far I’ve tried wrapping a bit of sphagnum moss around the base of the plant and...