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title: "Ok wait, do the corms need to be in high humidity or just stay damp?"
description: "Ok wait, do the corms need to be in high humidity or just stay damp?"
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author: "Kayla"
published: "2024-05-02T18:11:48.023263Z"
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# Ok wait, do the corms need to be in high humidity or just stay damp?

_Posted by Kayla on 2024-05-02_

Ok wait, do the corms need to be in high humidity or just stay damp?

## 4 comments

### Bella56 commented on 2024-05-02

They need water, either sitting in water or water and another medium like perlite or sphagnum moss. The water creates humidity

#### Kayla replied on 2024-05-02

So I need a little water at the bottom of the pot that I have filled with perlite?

### Josie commented on 2024-05-02

I have mine in terrarium cups with moist sphagnum moss as it’s what I researched. I had some in a bowl with just a little after and my water evaporated to fast and my corms started to dry out.

### Peijb commented on 2024-05-02

I put my corms in a plastic tub with sphagmum moss and it is VERY HUMID. If I put them in perlite I also have in a plastic tub with a jar of water and keep it VERY HUMID and do put them both on a seeding mat to keep that humidity up. All 25 of my corms grew and are thriving. They really like a ton of humidity. I have seen people propagate the corms in just a jar of water but I’m not that successful with any water propagation really. The sphag moss has been golden for me.

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