The Mutant
Well-Known Member
I took a quick peek at the roots on my Paph. hookerae yesterday (only removed a few bits of bark), and found the root system being surrounded by this weird brown fuzz. Some kind of fungus I figured, but the roots looked healthy so I decided to not do anything about it except to try and find out what it could be and if I should be worried.
Today I googled on it and what I've found is that it looks like it's some sort of mycorrhiza, but is that even possible?
I can't take pictures of it without unpotting the hookerae (which I don't want to), so I found this picture on the web which is exactly what it looks like, except it's brown:
If it is mycorrhiza, where on earth did it come from? It's not something that spontaneously appears in the substrate normally, is it? If it isn't mycorrhiza, what could it be?
Today I googled on it and what I've found is that it looks like it's some sort of mycorrhiza, but is that even possible?
I can't take pictures of it without unpotting the hookerae (which I don't want to), so I found this picture on the web which is exactly what it looks like, except it's brown:
If it is mycorrhiza, where on earth did it come from? It's not something that spontaneously appears in the substrate normally, is it? If it isn't mycorrhiza, what could it be?