Airlayering to save keiki and mother?

[Paul Mc]

Does anyone know (or tried) the chinese method of airlayering to produce roots on a phal keiki and/or to save the mother plant from dying when all the roots are dead?

I posted earlier about how to save my mother plant and the keiki that has no roots yet (which is starting to bloom BTW) and someone suggested taking a cotton ball with water to the base of the keiki several times a day. That got me thinking about airlayering which is basically the same, except you wet some moss and then squeeze the excess out, mound it up around the base of the plant (they suggest cutting it slightly to make it want to produce roots there, but I'm not sure about that point) and then sealing it up in plastic so it's practically airtight.

Apparently, this method has been tried and true on hundreds of plants for the chinese. I just don't know if or how it would work with orchids, especially a dying one and it's no-root keiki.