Some in situ photographs - barbata

[paphioboy]

I am curious as to how paphs can cope with diseases and pests in that heavy leaf litter environment, especially when it is very humid too. Dead leaf litter are bound to be crawling with all sorts of critters and mould. Not to mention a large portion of the dead leaves would have dropped because of disease. But in culture, paphs can drop dead overnight from crown rot of soft rot... I cannot make any sense out of it.