Caul bicornutum x L rosea cracks

[Maru777]

Hello everyone,

I have this caularthon bicornutum x Laelia rosea that seemed to be doing just fine until recently when it developed literally cracks I have no idea why or what has caused it. This is only happening on this new growth the old one looks fine, a bit wrinkly, but it was like that since I got it. This is the first new growth it is growing since I got it and I have never grown a plant in this family - well the caularthon side of its family, I have some laelias, but they never cracked, they are fine. How did I mess up? I did not drop or hit it on anything and I don’t think it’s a bug that caused it. And what do I do about the cracks? I’m pretty worried because I live in soup (basically air that is hot and saturated with humidity) so fungal and bacterial infections heaven. I am afraid the open wounds will be a pathway to these. I was thinking of putting some of that liquid bandage you can use for kids maybe.