Leslie F. Halleck, a certified horticulturist, agrees.“If you do use ice cubes to water your orchids, they should not touch any part of the plant—including roots or stems—or there could be ...

She said orchids are tropical plants and they live at the treetops. And ice cubes are not raining down on them from the sky. Just as ice cubes burn human hands, they can burn the orchids’ roots too.