orchids sharing water...drips and drops to common reservior

[DirtyCoconuts]

So this came up in a recent thread and I thought it deserved some discussion


the RULE is, do not mingle the water between plants BUT it seems many commercial and advanced growers DO allow either some water to drip down, say a vertical wall, or at least have a setup where water can and does go onto more than one plant.

I personally have several vertical oriented areas where plants simply DO drip on each other.

SO, is it bogus? is it about more than just dripping like Roberta suggested? maybe about the time of contact for transmission?
Or something else, perhaps it is BEST PRACTICE but not required as long as you have good other conditions?

Thoughts?