green mold i think

[zcivic]

i have a quite a bit of green mold growing on the inside of the pot and on the roots along the outside of the pot i have 5 phals and 3 of them have this i just water once week and they get just the perfect amount of light and are growing fantastic! all just about in full bloom now 10 flowers or so. Should i wait till they are done flowering and just repot and clean them up. The pot just about completely dries out after 7 days before the watering so its not like they are to wet, and the pots do drain ill try and get some pics up soon just wondering if any of you have had this problem

[jbigio]

with out a pic its hard to be able to help but id bet its algae if you grow under lights

[digitalgate]

sound like you have moss instead of mold /mold. which is good news. It is better not to do anything as moss do not affect plant . They do however, absorb fertilizer. It is not a problem just fertilizer 3 time instead of 2 time a week. (that is if you use weak but frequent fertilizing regiment). if you try to remove the moss you might damage the roots.

[kmarch]

It's sounds like alge to me. If so it won't harm your orchid. I especially see alge growing on clay pots quite often.

[zcivic]

thanks allot everyone i will get some pics up soon but now that you mention moss that seems to be what it is but it would be still good if someone could identify it im workin on it lol

[zcivic]

here we go you can see it along the top of the pot
but like i said blooming great and seems to be very healthy

[kmarch]

Yeah, it's alge, nothing to be very concerned about. Some folks are of the opinion that alge steals fertilizer and that well may be true but as far as I know it's no danger to the orchid.

[Ron]

Hi
Personally I would not worry too much.
It will do no harm, might look a bit yukky that all.
I have been told too use a very weak dose of pool algecide flushed through the mix.
Myself personally I would just repott them as they seem to love being repotted.
Cheerio
Ron

[zcivic]

well its still the original median it came in so when it was done blooming i was going to re pot anyways so is long as i dont have to worry about it no big deal till than thanks allot everyone!

[violetta]

It's growing in the pot because it receives light. If you want to get rid of it just put the plastic pot in an opaque one.
But I wouldn't worry too much, my Phals have algae in their pots and I see no harm done. Even though I repot and clean it, after a few weeks, there it is again.
Your bark seems a bit decomposed so I think you should repot it as soon as you can.

[zcivic]

it looks a bit wet in the picture because it was about 1 hour after i watered them haha but it is pretty good in a week it pretty much dries right out but i will be re potting it as soon as its done blooming