| Hadn't heard but assumed there would be lots of salt and maybe critters in the husks when I picked them up. My "wash" consisted of a couple of 5 gal buckets and multiple soakings/rinses over a two week period. There couldn't have been much salt left after that, and surprisingly I didn't see any bugs emerge.
I talked to some folks from Fiji and they said they used to take to husk halves and put tree fern inside with the orchid and tie up the two halves, like a clam shell. That, or a version of, might make an interesting display. |