Can an orchid with hollow, rotten roots be watered after potting?

For an orchid with hollow, rotten roots, after trimming the roots, drying them, and repotting with fresh potting medium, can it be watered after potting? When should it be watered?

Today an orchid grower raised a question: for an orchid with hollow, rotten roots, after trimming the roots, drying them, and repotting with fresh potting medium, can it be watered after potting? When should it be watered?

What the orchid grower is asking about is watering after treating an orchid with hollow roots. First, you have to understand how hollow-rooted orchids come to be. Haoshe Farmer has said before that hollow-rooted orchids are mostly caused by the potting medium being too dry for a long time. Unlike rotten roots, hollow-rooted orchids are relatively easy to save, but watering after potting also requires attention.

Haoshe Farmer suggests that when repotting a hollow-rooted orchid, you must trim away all the hollow roots cleanly, otherwise these hollow roots will rot and infect the other orchid roots. After trimming, just let the hollow-rooted orchid dry in the shade for half a day; unlike seedlings with rotten roots, it does not need its roots and pseudobulbs sunned. The potting medium should not be too moist; it is enough if it feels slightly damp to the touch. After potting, place it in a cool, ventilated spot to recover for two nights, then water lightly, and only after ten consecutive days move to normal care.

If a hollow-rooted orchid suddenly gets a heavy watering, its roots will also rot, so at the beginning you should water only a small amount. In all Haoshe Farmer's years of growing orchids, I have only seen orchid seedlings drowned by water; I have truly never seen an orchid die of drought.