I don't think there was much improvement for the older bulb.

I'm going to wait until the bulb is almost dead to water. Fingers crossed I can save this guy.

Shoot, that's unfortunate. Hopefully it can hold on long enough to get at least one viable root growing!

Maybe get a seedling heat mat to keep the sphagnum warm? From what I've learned, its mainly encountering wet and cool media that kills new roots