| I have found the best way to avoid the overwatering problem is to use medium to course bark (only) and keep the pot size on the small side. Several orchids I have purchased in sphagnum moss were nothing but problems for me to figure out how to water properly - never seemed to dry out. Orchids growing in this at stores seem to almost always show significant root rot - maybe partly because people selling are overwatering? I know a grower up here in Oregon that swears that orchids do a lot better in sphag but not by me! :-) Good luck! |