Covering new Cattleya and brassavola root tips with spagnum

[Amichab]

Looking for advice from all the gurus out there!

I just purchased a brassavola and a few cattleyas. I few were bareroot and others had new root tips just popping out so I potted them all up in slotted plastic pots with Repotme cattleya mix, the brassavola went in a basket with the cattleya mix and the tiniest bit of spagnum.

I saw in an older article that you can cover the new root tips with a bit of spagnum to protect them from desiccation until they pierce the media. Some the the new roots are a few inches above the media and I worry about them drying out bc it is very very hot here 90s+ for the foreseeable future. Does anyone have experience with this, specifically for cattleya alliance? Is it ok for cattleyas but not brassavola? Just looking for advice bc for oncidium alliance this has worked well for me. Thank you in advance!!

Here are my new orchids:

- Brassavola little stars
- Myrmecatavola Frances Fox
- Cattleya Jungle Nobility (Cattleya nobilior × Cattleya harrisoniana)
- cattleya white bridal yuki
(C. Angelwalker x Ctt. Candy Tuft)
- Rhyncholaeliocattleya Siam Red
- Lc. Gold Digger (Lc. Red Gold x C. Warpaint)