| I grow lots of pleurothallids, in plastic pots with pure sphag, net baskets with pure sphag, bark, bark mix, and mounted. They grow like weeds in all of these situations provided they have reasonable humidity and don't get overheated for long periods of time. I prefer mounted or sphag. Draculas mostly need hanging baskets because the flower spikes grow downward and out through the bottom of the basket. Pleurothallid roots will regenerate fast if damaged. Jbigio's method of using a water spray to wash the old medium off of the roots before repotting is probably the best way to deal with cleaning old rotted medium off. When you do repot, don't pack the sphag so tight that it prevents air circulation to the roots and/or prevents water from reaching them. It should be tight enough to keep the plant firmly in the pot (so that you can pick the pot up by the plant) but no tighter. Good luck with repotting. Pleurothallids are great plants! |