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Originally Posted by silken
My epiphyte orchids (Catts, Oncidiums, Dens, etc.) are the opposite of bill's. They love the sun and the clear pots and all head to the outside of the pot interior or fill the entire clear pot and come thru holes and wander all over when left for more than a years or two. You see tons of roots in my clear pots. In nature they grow on trees and are out in the open. They turn green when watered so they have chlorophyll and do photosynthesize.
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Your Catt roots turn green? Mine are only green at the tips, and don't change when wetted.
Mine shun the light like crazy.
"fill the entire clear pot and come thru holes and wander all over when left for more than a years or two."
Well, when they were in pots, mine seldom left the media, or if they did, they died back promptly. I don't know what my humidity is, but a friend from a dry area did comment that we had quite high humidity by his standards.
I don't like the trad pots because I don't see the point in cramping the roots. When they do go out thru such holes when I buy an orchid, I always curse because I know those roots are screwed when I repot in something bigger.