Help! Root Rot??
 

Hi, My cattleya was showing 2 leaves that were wrinkled. I assumed it was either not enough water by me or not enough water due to root rot. I decided to see what the roots look like and it doesn't look good to me. :(
Could I get some opinions what this is and how to help it if at all? There seems to be a few good roots on the other side of where it doesn't look good. My thought is that this plant when put in a pot, is at an angle. I think the part that looks like it has root rot was possibly under the medium and kept getting drenched. I just put it in to some new medium that I bought from Repotme and tried to keep the whole rhizosome (?) straight. Very hard. Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, if this is root rot, should I do anything else to the very thin roots I see, or are they dead too? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

It's still salvageable. Reduce watering.

Grow in bright indirect light and warm (60 F - 90 F).

Reduce the pot size. Make sure the media is fresh and is large enough to allow for enough gas exchange.

Clear plastic pots also have the advantages of allowing you to see what is happening to the roots and allowing the roots to photosynthesize. The photosynthesis in the roots may help it along a bit.

Cattleyas do best in pots that are not very deep so than can dry out between waterings.

thank you for your positive vote of confidence!

I did change the pot out for one of those oxygen(something) and changed that medium. I will try and let it dry out between waterings. Thank you!