[khozmo]

Hello All,

I have a couple of rescues on my hands. My mother likes the flowers but does not care to keep the plants. I am not taking her hand me downs and attempting to save their pretty existences.

about 5 of these plants were left on top of a root mass belonging to a tree fern. Little to say the roots grew into the media and choked off pretty much ALL of the roots. Any of the plants I have that had root have been put in S/H or Bark. (I would have them all in S/H but I did not buy enough).

I have been reading through these forums and am seeing mixed results from Sphag and Bagging. I would really like to rescue as many as possible.

I have one dendrobium and one Oncidium(I think) in bags right now. Neither have leaves or roots. I have soaked the Ryzomes in KLN and given them a misting of listerine. I will give them a misting of Physan 20 soon as it just arrived in the mail and I saw some mold growing on the Oncidium. I am having a hard time keeping these plants upright.

From what I have read you do not want the plant to come into contact with any of the water and to keep the bag closed as long as possible.

I have two of the plants now in ziplock bags with a piece of moist paper towel. Here are a couple of questions/issues.

1. I see people have put moist sphag moss right at the base of the plant. Is this good or bad.

2. How much water should there be in the bag. I am using paper towel right now. I wet it under the tap and then squeezed a good portion of the water out.

3. Should I add KLN to the paper towel? or would this be a waste.

4. Is the general consensus not to add any type of fertilizer to the bag?

5. How long is long enough before calling the plant a lost cause. Some people on the forums are saying it has taken many months to get results.

6. Could I take a terracotta pot soak it in water.put some moist sphag moss at the bottom. Put the rootless plant on top of that then put the whole thing in a bag. This would help keep the plant upright and away from actual water

7. Same as 6 just put the moss outside the pot.

8. Ray this one is for you. put the plant in a small S/H pot with water in the reservoir. Put the who plant and pot inside a bag.

9. How often should the bag be opened to allow some fresh air? Should the bag maybe have a hole or two some air circulation. I know the name of the game is humidity but at the same time I read that stale air can cause rot/mold/fungus.

Sorry for such a long intro but from what I can find online it seems like luck is a factor in this method.