Help with deflasking

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Hi all,

Yesterday I received a flask of Blc. Mem. Vida Lee 'Limelight' which was badly shaken up. As you can see there is agar everywhere, although I've managed to get most of the plants pretty much upright.



I've read a lot about deflasking and some people say to deflask immediately after receiving it if it's shaken up, and other sites, like this one Deflasking orchid seedlings say that it won't hurt the plants to not deflask immediately, and that in fact I should let them acclimate to my conditions.

As you can also see in the picture, the plants are still very, very small and I'm afraid if I take them out now their chances of survival will be really low. Here is a picture of one of the flasks from the grower where the plants look much bigger, this flask is the one pictured on their listing and is supposed to be of the same lot as mine. Something tells me I should wait for them to get this big.



Of course this is my first flask so I'd love it if others could give their opinions on when I should start deflasking and why.

Thanks in advance!