well all my phrags have been sitting in water since I've got them. But my minimum temp never goes below 14 celcius and my andean tears has a vigorous root system..
Well since we have similar growing environment (I'm a basement grower too) I think that we can use each other tips for our plants And the only time I had rot problems was during last summer heat and it was my leslie's hair that will probably die during next summer heat..
Anyway, my avatar is suppose to be a Bouley Bay 4N, but when it flowered it was rather pinkish like a Schroderae..anyway it's in spike, so maybe next month I'll post pics and ask the other users their opinions. So until then it's a Bouley Bay 4N (another plant bought at piping rock orchids)