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[Maru777]

The saga continues The little thing got watered whether I wanted it to or not because some of my shelves were falling apart - were rusting. So, I moved all my orchids off this shelf temporarily to apply an anti-rust coat of paint on the stand. However, I moved them close to the mosquito screen and they all got a soak overnight as we got a ton of rain. Sigh. Anyway, closer to when it actually needs water? The old bulb is shriveling more and more but I think it did a good job supporting this new growth. Bit worried about the moss being soaking wet now. It will be back in its former place so no more rain on it but not sure what I can do about the crazy amount of water it just got I don’t want to mess with the moss so the roots don’t get damaged but if I have to I do have new moss I could use. Any advice? thank you!

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by Maru777

Bit worried about the moss being soaking wet now.

That's when you have to watch your catasetum leaves like a hawk - because overly wet for relatively long periods of time can indeed drown existing roots (if there are any) and/or new roots too. So if there becomes any abrupt yellowing of leaves at a fast rate seen ------ then the way to address that is to unpot and spread the media and roots out a bit to allow for a bit of a dry out (before packing the media and roots back into the pot again later).