[OGD] RE: root myth or fact

[K Barrett]

Someone contacted me off list wondering about gorilla hair.  Here are 2 
pictures. One is what the stuff looks like straight out of the bag- its 
common garden bed mulch, blows around in the wind, ticks off your neighbors. 
*G* the other is what it looks like in a pot.

http://www.orchidtrek.com/pics/Dsc00044.jpg and 
http://www.orchidtrek.com/pics/DSC00045.JPG

Martin, thanks for the link to Wellenstein's roots.  I had paphs in coir 
which I neglected terribly and yet they still had decent roots, again I can 
only assume because of coir's ability to hold water longer.  Too bad you 
have to rinse the living daylights out of it in order to make it useable.  
Something I'd try once, then avoid like the plague. I'm a lazy person.

Dennis, very true about proper potting/air exchange/moisture etc. I wondered 
more about plants that seem to bloom when they get to the edge of the pot, 
or the plant blooms on the bulbs that are against the edge of the pot rather 
on the side with more room (Like with Lyc aromatica). Cramped roots = blooms 
(???)  Hence my question.  Myth or fact.  It would be nice it cramping them 
was the answer.  Alas, it seems proper husbandry is.  Dang it.

K Barrett
N Calif, USA
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