curling leaves on Prosthechea cochleata

[Sylorna]

I got a very very very healthy prosthechea cochleata in bloom at an orchid show, about 2 weeks ago. It continues to bloom well (although I did loose one bud).
I have noticed the last 2 days that it's leaves, which were originally flat are now starting to curl under on the long edges and I'm not sure why this would happen.

Conditions:
Good indirect sunlight (sitting right next to a happy phal); watered twice now (once a week) with mineral water/ very mild fertilizer. It is in a plastic pot with small-medium bark chunks. I don't see anything else in there. I have also misted it a few times this week with distilled water (happened to be in the sprayer) avoiding the flowers. Temps are normal household temps. Humidity is set to 50% on my humidifier in the next room.

I suspect it may have been hurt by the cold move to and from the car, or that I didn't water it in time last week. What do you think?

[Lagoon]

Hi Sylorna,

I've got a couple of these around the house (love them) and I can honestly tell you ... these guys love water so much they belong in jello

If bark is the only media then, I would suspect it needs more water. I grow mine in peatmoss and water every 5 days during the colder months.

Give a quick check on the roots before to make sure it doesn't need more help then that. I would stop misting, you're inviting more problems in my opinon

A photo would help give you more detailed information

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[Sylorna]

Hi
Well, it seems I have misplaced my camera. I had it when I was taking pictures of the orchids not so long ago and it has magically disappeared.
Upon closer inspection the substrate is bark and moss and perilite (or however the heck you spell that). It has good moisture retention for sure.
I was wondering how long your blooms last on it though. They seem to be sticking around for about a week each on mine, and that's a lot shorter than most of my orchids.
Maybe it needs more light? think I should move it to the windowsill? (it would get about 3 hours of direct sunlight there as opposed to the hour it gets now...indirect all day regardless).

I have never seen these before and I really have fallen head over heals for this one. I want to make sure I get all the care requirements just right for it.

[Becky15349]

: I would recommend checking the roots also...if they look okay, then increase watering, but be careful that you don't water so much that you get root rot! I'm not familiar with these plants, but usually with orchids of any type, changes in leaf turgidity/shape is due to lack of water, either via not watering enough, or the roots becoming inactive and not being able to update water for the plant(which usually is because of root rot). good luck!