What am I doing wrong here? My cattleya bloomed beautifully this Spring. (sidenote: I hadn't had it in my possession long enough to kill it when it bloomed...but now's another story.
) After the flowering, I repotted it. I did it primarily because there was a distinctable odor of rot. What I uncovered when I removed all the old media was every single root rotted…every one. (I'm placing blame here on the grower, that something was wrong before I took possession because I made sure this plant was thoroughly dry between waterings.) I cut away all the roots, bathed it in a rooting hormone, sprinkled cinnamon, potted it up in fresh bark media and put it in a shady spot. I didn’t water for over 2 weeks and when I started noticing the eyes on the ps.bulbs, I began its watering regimen (drying thoroughly between watering). It’s now in a sunny spot, I wait for the media to dry, 2 ps.bulbs growing fast with more beginning to put forth growth BUT…..the plant has become shriveled in appearance. It looks dehydrated, the bulbs are wrinkly, the leaves in tact, some looking better than others. Should I be watering this more often at this point? There aren’t any roots to rot by watering it before the media dries and I'm holding off on fertilizing until it starts rooting.
All of my other 10 plus catts are growing and doing nicely so I’m assuming because of the surgery performed on this catt., special attention is required that differs from it’s typical care but what to do, I haven’t a clue. Do I dare mention changing the media to sphag, possibly?