Wow Wow, Alexis! Those are amazing!! I could certainly never attend one of those shows without a shopping cart and a LOT of cash! Thank you for sharing!
Photos of the roots have been added here:
http://tinypic.com/2mplurkx
The wilting Leuco Tarnok I discovered to be rotten. And of course, rove beetles were all up in it. I guess that particular one had fungus, in order to wilt? Or fungus can make the rhizomes soft and brown and be invisible, and in that case I know EXACTLY where I got in from and need to know how to treat it.
Ahhh, you got me
It was getting late. I meant all of those recommend and use the peat/perlite mix.
Hm, fresh perlite would be a good idea, I suppose! I dunno why I didn't click on that, probably because I imagined it couldn't go bad since it's little white rocks.
And I know LFS is cheap, but I have plenty of Neps, and while it's three dollars, my paychecks per week are now less than $40 a week. and with that, I have pay car insurance, keep gas in my car to commute, feed my snake, pay my student loan and credit card bill, and buy plenty of water for my CPs. Even if I get back to making $200/week, every dollar still matters and that's $3 dollars for a gallon of gas versus a cube of LFS that isn't *necessary*. I can see that it'd look more attractive, and wouldn't make such a mess, but it's just not...sensible for me.
I can and do collect rain water quite nicely. I just need it to actually POUR rather than sprinkle for a few minutes O_O