Adding to Claude's good advice - when you water, be sure to soak those
aerial roots. The silvery-white velamen will turn transparent when it fills
with water, allowing you to see the green interior of the roots. That
velamen is actually a spongy network of dead cells that act to store water
and nutrients until they can be transferred to the living root tissue for
uptake.

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Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
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"Phalguy" wrote in message
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Hello Rick!

Don`t cut them! The plant uses them to get moisture and nutrients from the
air!
Leave them alone!

Claude

"Rick Brewer" wrote in message
oups.com...
|I agree with you, Joanna, and for the great information I have received
| from thethis NG, I guess I'll have to put up with the occasional
| spammer.
|
| On to my question, the one I had before the other one...I have 2 potted
| orchids, (I'm a beginner, mind you) and one has 8 root-like growths out
| of the pot, with a demension of 1/4 x 6 to 8 inches in length. Leave
| them alone, cut them off? Don't dare want to kill this beauty.
|
| Rick B.
|