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purpleinopp said:The whitish stuff is the trichomes. The trichomes are how the plant absorbs moisture & nutrients. I mentioned above about my fear that they could be damaged while handling the plants, and is one reason why I don't handle mine, just water them in place.

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That is interesting. I see this on my stag horn leaves and at first I thought it was dust but that couldn't be it because they get a misting every day. I'm glad I didn;t try and "clean" them. My 'Lemoinei' is almost white with this fur, my 'Netherlands' not nearly as much.