Okay, guys. I need to do an update on this plant. A few weeks ago, I was watering it as mentioned, by setting it in a sink of warm water with a couple of other plants and letting them soak for a while.
When I went to pick it up out of the sink, the plant fell out of the media. There were just a few black roots at the bottom.
I decided to try to leave it out of the media and water it once a week, like one poster above mentioned. It has not done well. I can't remember if it was this post/site or somewhere else, but someone noted that one of the cane tips was yellowing. Well now, that cane as well as one growing out of it are mostly yellow and I feel I should remove them. The keiki that was growing on it is still okay, I suppose, but it along with the other canes have severely shrunk.
As of yesterday, I soaked the pot with the hard media and the plant and then placed the plant back in the media. I'm hoping that it'll hold a little more moisture for the plant and maybe slightly increase the humidity.
I really don't know what to do here. I've been told a couple of conflicting things and I'm obviously not doing the correct ones. Some people say that leaflessness for months is fine, others say that it never really drops leaves for them and they water year round. Some people have said not to really water at all when in dormancy, because it causes root rot. I don't know if that was me or the previous grower, but there was rot. Others say that dormancy means watering once a week as opposed to every other day.
The man I bought it from is part of a semi-local orchid society. I'll be going to a monthly meeting this Saturday and I plan to take it and ask him about it. However, I'd love a game plan from you guys. I'll attempt to get more pictures for you to look at.
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