Beginner Gardening: save poor orchid from stoopud human abuse, 1 by Islandshari

Islandshari wrote:
Hi Steven, - my pic was of my island dendrobium...we have very few pollinators here on our tiny little rock, so we get what we call Island hybrids of just about everything! I have some hybiscus here that I have never seen anywhere else. I have about 15 other orchids of various types, and as you say Laurel...every grower's conditions are different. The one in my picture above gets full tropical sun from about 10:00 am till dark. As you can see - it's pretty healthy. And with the exception of about 4 that are in baskets or ceramic pots, mine are all in plastic, and doing very well. All the ones in my article were either in plastic or on coconuts in trees. I think the light and the container are dependent upon what the plant is used to, and how well the caretaker takes care. Weenell, I would NEVER want to contradict you, but on this one tiny point I must stand firm...plastic is not bad for orchids - see below.