Avoiding crown rot in paphiopedilum

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

So to be clear, I did not put it in S/H to rescue it. Rather, I thought I would try it in S/H to test if paphs like S/H in my conditions, so I unpotted it, noticed that it only has one root, and instead of putting it back in the conditions that caused it to get to that state, decided to put it in S/H because my leca was all ready to go, and it seemed just as good of an idea as putting it back into bark. Maybe that was the wrong thing to do. I'll also take care not to pot too deeply in the future. Is there anything I can do to treat the basal rot?

I think that was as reasonable approach as any! Douse it with KelpMax to stimulate growth.