Soaked plant in water for too long?

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Originally Posted by quiltergal

I recently left a couple of Phrags soaking in a bowl of water for 3 days! I forgot all about them, and I had gone out of town. I normally say good morning to them every day to see what's shakin, and I would have caught it then had I been home. It's been 2 weeks and they seem to be fine. The Jason Fisher is continuing to develop it's bud. I'm a REALLY bad orchid mommy!!

I bet you were shocked when you found them sitting in water!!!

although, I bet your phrags are more tolerant of this than phaphs would be ( not that I'd want to experiement )

[Des]

The few Slippers i have stand in shallow trays of water 24/7 they have been growing like that for years.

[quiltergal]

Yeah, I'm lucky they were Phrags. They are the only ones I water like that. Good thing they like to be wet!

[euplusia]

Have you ever experienced a tropical rainshower? It is coming down in buckets for hours. Everything is soaked and drenched with abundance of water. So don´t worry.
It makes a difference if you do it in the growing or dormant season. And it makes a difference between phragmipedium, who grow as terrestrials with their feet in the water, and phalaenopsis, who are epiphytic. The roots of phalaenopsis like to dry out between watering.