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Originally Posted by Roberta
I have lots of mounted plants that grow outside, get watered by misters each morning, overhead sprinklers every other day. By afternoon, they're bone-dry. And they are growing and blooming happily. Actually, the only ones that have any moss at all are those that need a bit more moisture, like the Pleurothallids and some of the Oncidinae. Cattleya-tribe and vandaceous ones have no moss, just roots on a bare mount.
I also suspect that the humidity in your terrarium is a lot higher than in my back yard (I have been living through about two weeks of humidity that is 15-20% or lower for most of the day... on a good day, maybe 50% in the middle of the day)
Epiphytic plants have evolved to handle some drying out - it doesn't rain ALL the time. And even with high humidity, they will still dry(That's why leaves have a waxy cuticle, which helps to conserve water... and is also the reason that foliar feeding is useless) I think you're trying to solve something that isn't actually a problem.
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Thank you, this is really good info. Definitely something for me to think about.
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