Orchiata does hold less water than many other types of bark, due to its structure and pretreatment. That can be mostly overcome by proper "pre-wetting" with hot water before use, to open up that structure.
Another reason the finer stuff holds more water is the surface-to-volume ratio is greater. Water will only "quickly" penetrate to a certain depth. For the sake of an example, let's says that's 3mm. For a theoretically spherical 6 mm particle (#9 "Classic" is in that vicinity), that means the whole thing can become saturated. For a #7 "Super" particle, at 3/4"-1", it's only a small percentage, so when you fill a pot with either size, that with the smaller bark will contain more water per unit volume.
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