| Lucinda the holder is just bent wire. I use the green vinal covered stakes from the orchid supply houses. It is bent to clip on one edge of the container and stick up to which I tie the flower stem.
The container in the photo is a Libby candle voltive holder. Since the opening is so large the holder is necessary. Many people use the leaves to hold the plant up but then you need a smaller opening in the container.
If you look at the photo carefully it seems there are two green stems slightly different in color. One is the holder. Done carefully they are almost invisible.
Mythymna - I have reserrected sick paphs with the water treatment, if they are not too far gone. since I have had the opertunity to see the roots of many paphs I am amazed at how small the roots are. I have had a flowering paph with only 2 roots each smaller than 1/2 inch. It is still living well.
All paph roots grow extremely slow. My test plant is over a year now in water and the roots have only 1/8 inch of new growth while the new leaves have grown 6 inches.
__________________
jerry  |