Wine delight new growth with rotting roots

[silanah77]

Originally Posted by Roberta

I see roots... so let them do what they want to do... either in the medium or in the air. You can continue to water - it may even make some new roots to take advantage of that. The best bit about Catasetinae... as long as they have the reserves (and your plants look healthy) they start each year anew... prior year's roots may help the plant somewhat, but the new ones that it will produce are the ones that will nourish it in the new year, any live old ones will die. Leaves are lost anyway (so damage from bugs, sun, and other insults are lost too)... again, they basically start all over again. So your plants will be fine.


When you repot next winter (during dormancy), you can trim bad roots if you wish, they will dead anyway. But basically, just put into new medium - and moss should be fine... when in rapid growth these plants need plenty of water, and also are heavy feeders. (I use time-release fertilizer in addition to my regular regimen) Don't add that now... the plant will be slowing down in the next few months. But for next year, you will be supporting rapid growth.

Thank you, very much for the advise!