Growing with O-Pots​

• WEAR GLOVES when handling any unglazed pottery
• Mist unglazed raku orchid pot and tray with purified water as needed. Avoid over-watering directly on roots.
  
• Keep purified water in the stoneware hydration tray if needed
  
• Use less aquarium gravel to regulate amount of direct water contact with the air roots or pseudobulbs inside pot. 
• Air roots can suffer from saturated, boggy planting medium. 
• Know your orchid variety, some orchids need wet/dry cycles
• Use more gravel to give air roots more humidity in the air
• Use zero gravel for wet/dry cycles, 
  
• MIST pot LIGHTLY with purified water if your environment is arid, like Phoenix, or has central heat in December like Seattle, or NYC
  
• Add water as needed to hydration tray
  
• The unglazed raku pottery will automatically wick water
  
• Remember to wash trays as often as you fertilize
  

Your city's climate is a big factor in determining gravel use!

Think Phoenix VS Miami year round

NYC or Seattle in winter + central heat (very arid indoors)

• More gravel = more water vapor to exterior air roots
  
• Less gravel = more water wicking near interior air roots
  
• No gravel = wet/dry cycles

We use the troubleshooting guide: 

ORCHIDS FOR DUMMIES, by Steven A. Frowine