Media got wet, roots stalled

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When not much leaves are there yet ------ avoid dumping too much water into the media - that's to avoid getting the roots and media overly wet. Actually --- even if there were heaps of leaves, there is still a limit to how much water the roots can handle if water is dumped into the media.

Spraying some water onto the media surface - just enough for some water to get down into the depths of the media to keep things lightly moist ------ is no problem. Also making sure the general temperature (range) is still good for catasetum growing. A generally cold orchid (most of the day) with cold wet roots and not much transpiration going on is something to think about too.

Upper 60's (fahrenheit) is good. Much higher temperature would probably be much better ----- as in watch the night and day temperatures.

Originally Posted by mook1178

I can say that after that shot of water

With the 'shot of water' ----- just how big that 'shot' of water is/was ----- is important. Could be critically important here. A relatively 'small' shot will be ok. Don't give a relatively big shot.

Originally Posted by mook1178

The media for one of my plants got wet

I forgot to ask you mook. How did it get wet? Over-head automatic sprinkler system? Rain shower? Or you just decided to water it manually?