Freaky stuff

I had vanda pumila group of small plants mounted on one piece of wood for a while. This was one of not too many mounted orchids that I was able to keep happy and growing even in low humidity, but I had to water it every day (sometimes I missed a day or two, but plants didn't compain much).
Few days ago I decided to hang it into orchid tank hoping that being mounted it would benefit from humid conditions there.
After just couple days something disgusting grew on the wood:



Looks like some kind of shroom and I don't know if it is harmful to orchids.
Of course I totally freaked out and removed the mount from the tank. Now the questions are - will the rest of the orchids in the tank be ok and what to do with vanda pumila mount.
I am thinking about destroying the shroom and wiping everything, even roots, with something like alcohol or peroxide.
Would that work? Will that be enough?

Phal. I-Hsin George

Ever since I got orchid tank I wanted to put my large specimen-sized George in there.
Being mounted on a large piece of grape wood, it would never fit the tank. At the same time I was having a real pain trying to keep its roots from drying out on the mount.
Finally I decided to be brutal and took George off the mount.
It was actually a good thing because part of the roots that was touching the wood rotted pretty badly, luckily it didn't spread to the stem.
I cut all the bottom part of the stem with old roots including two bottom leaves, so the root ball was big enough to snuggly fit the usual clay pot with slits(my orchids like those pots):



The long and narrow leaf that developed during the time George spent in the low-light conditions had to be trimmed too because now in the upright position it was in real danger of breaking together with the whole crown.

Now Phal. I-Hsin George is standing in the corner of the orchid tank.



Hopefully it will be ok...

Dtps. Liu's Cute Angel: can you see a mitten?

Something started to grow on Dtps. Liu's Cute Angel:



I am breaking my eyes trying to see a mitten shaped end that is usual for spike development. Unfortunately I can't see it yet:



Suspense is killing me, is it a spike or just a root...

Cattleya schilleriana

One of not too many cattleyas I am really excitied about is schilleriana.
My seedling from Clouds is doing great. It grew whole bunch of roots and now started a new pseudobulb:



It is a small species, so maybe after this new bulb matures - I will get some blooms?



This catt is pretty demanding about conditions and likes high humidity, bright light and temp changes between day and night. All these requirements are met in the orchid tank, so I moved there my schilleriana together with cattleya bicolor and couple other non-phal plants.

That place is getting really crowded...

Blooming phalaenopsis

Pink noId opened the first flower: