This may not be infection, catasetinae are prone to cannibalizing their old bulbs while the new growths are maturing or blooming. If you let the bulb continue to dry up on its own, it will not spread to the others.
Catasetinae in cultivation do this without it being pathological to a degree. The oldest pseudobulbs will spontaneously die off. This is the reason you normally divide them after a certain amount of bulbs, so you can always have more plants, since dividing the plant prevents this from happening. Whenever you see a super large catasetinae with tons of plump bulbs, that plant is 100% collected from the wild.
By far, Danny these videos (rescue, treating, repotting, etc) are my favorite. It grabs my attention all the way through. Would absolutely love to see more like these.
Great info.im learning a huge amount of things from your videos. consider myself very fortunate to have found you. Reflections are interesting.i look back on some of the decisions I made, many with well meaning input, but ultimately have regretted them. But, I don't let the ones from many years ago weigh on my mind. It's important to be comfortable with choices you have made. Where the difference lays with regretting decisions is time frames. Some decisions were made far too long ago to fix. Others, more recent ones that you may think you were wrong about, catch them and correct them while you can. The ones you feel stuck in within a time frame that you can 'save yourself' take every opportunity and work hard to change those ones. Don't be afraid of anyone else's reaction or opinion on what you choose to do. Take care.
+Etta McFadden Indeed you are right, I guess old 'mistakes' serve as example for current ones to fix :) here's to hoping we will get another chance at good things!
I think what you have been thinking about is totally normal. While I try not to dwell on things that happened or that I did or didn't do and how things could have been different, every now and then it pops into my head and I can't help but wonder. I do try not to let that stick around for too long because you can't go back and undo things already done, but sometimes it can help and act as a guide to something that is here now or coming up soon. So while it is fruitless to spend all your time obsessing over "mistakes" you made in the past or decisions you would have made differently, you can use those as learning experiences and guides for the future.
Oh my, sorry to see that! Hopefully it will recover well :) I did have some problme with mine whine delight too! It lost all the new growth and roots and now I have a keiki on the top of the only old pseudobulb left... crazy plant!
Hi! I have stopped crown rot by just letting it dry thoroughly before watering again and less. But I also caught it in the very early stage... I have a dendrobium and some Oncidium Intergenerics that are turning brown from the bottom (root rot spread to the cane/sudobulbs from improper watering in the shops). How can I best spot that the bulbs are infected before they turn mushy or brown? Also I have a Phal that refuses to grow roots, for about a year it did not produce any, and the leaves are a papery leathery shriveled mess. Is there something that I can do to motivate the plant to grow new roots except providing moisture?
Hi I have an orchid plant with its roots still green and also the leaves are green (7 leaves) with no flowering stem and it has been one year there is no growth , will it have a flowering stem and ever grow... please help
Hey, im a bit confused. Ive tried to look online but only found the opposet problem. I have the problem that my orchids flower spikes wont dry out after dropping the last flower. Its been standing there for months. The stems are still all green. What should i do? Ive heard that orchids take back the nutrients or something from the old flower spike when its done, so i dont k ow if i want to just remove it
In the natural environment, nobody is going to be around to cut it off. So it doesn't matter whether it is cut or not. Although, if we do cut it, just use a clean cutter (sterilised).
This may not be infection, catasetinae are prone to cannibalizing their old bulbs while the new growths are maturing or blooming. If you let the bulb continue to dry up on its own, it will not spread to the others.
I don't think it is infection as well. It doesn't appear to be rotting, merely drying out.
Cycnodes are well known for only having one (and rarely two)bulbs in a current grow season. All other bulbs will turn yellow and die off.
Catasetinae in cultivation do this without it being pathological to a degree. The oldest pseudobulbs will spontaneously die off. This is the reason you normally divide them after a certain amount of bulbs, so you can always have more plants, since dividing the plant prevents this from happening. Whenever you see a super large catasetinae with tons of plump bulbs, that plant is 100% collected from the wild.
By far, Danny these videos (rescue, treating, repotting, etc) are my favorite. It grabs my attention all the way through. Would absolutely love to see more like these.
+Wanda Glad you like them :D
Great info.im learning a huge amount of things from your videos. consider myself very fortunate to have found you.
Reflections are interesting.i look back on some of the decisions I made, many with well meaning input, but ultimately have regretted them. But, I don't let the ones from many years ago weigh on my mind. It's important to be comfortable with choices you have made. Where the difference lays with regretting decisions is time frames. Some decisions were made far too long ago to fix. Others, more recent ones that you may think you were wrong about, catch them and correct them while you can. The ones you feel stuck in within a time frame that you can 'save yourself' take every opportunity and work hard to change those ones. Don't be afraid of anyone else's reaction or opinion on what you choose to do. Take care.
+Etta McFadden Indeed you are right, I guess old 'mistakes' serve as example for current ones to fix :) here's to hoping we will get another chance at good things!
I think what you have been thinking about is totally normal. While I try not to dwell on things that happened or that I did or didn't do and how things could have been different, every now and then it pops into my head and I can't help but wonder. I do try not to let that stick around for too long because you can't go back and undo things already done, but sometimes it can help and act as a guide to something that is here now or coming up soon. So while it is fruitless to spend all your time obsessing over "mistakes" you made in the past or decisions you would have made differently, you can use those as learning experiences and guides for the future.
Oh my, sorry to see that! Hopefully it will recover well :)
I did have some problme with mine whine delight too! It lost all the new growth and roots and now I have a keiki on the top of the only old pseudobulb left... crazy plant!
I like keeping a mix of cinnamon and aloe (direct from aloe plant leaves) in a container and using a qtip to apply
Maybe the new pseudebulb growing this big and fast had something to do with the old ones dying off.
The brown/yellow leaf tips ..... too much salt build-up or fertiliser?
Hi!
I have stopped crown rot by just letting it dry thoroughly before watering again and less. But I also caught it in the very early stage...
I have a dendrobium and some Oncidium Intergenerics that are turning brown from the bottom (root rot spread to the cane/sudobulbs from improper watering in the shops). How can I best spot that the bulbs are infected before they turn mushy or brown?
Also I have a Phal that refuses to grow roots, for about a year it did not produce any, and the leaves are a papery leathery shriveled mess. Is there something that I can do to motivate the plant to grow new roots except providing moisture?
Hi I have an orchid plant with its roots still green and also the leaves are green (7 leaves) with no flowering stem and it has been one year there is no growth , will it have a flowering stem and ever grow... please help
I cut my flower spoke off since it was done blooming ages and when i cut it , it was still green. Any concerns in thing this?
Hey my orchid has no leaves and crown root. The roots are not dead but I’m not sure that I can save it. What should I do
Hey, im a bit confused. Ive tried to look online but only found the opposet problem. I have the problem that my orchids flower spikes wont dry out after dropping the last flower. Its been standing there for months. The stems are still all green. What should i do? Ive heard that orchids take back the nutrients or something from the old flower spike when its done, so i dont k ow if i want to just remove it
In the natural environment, nobody is going to be around to cut it off. So it doesn't matter whether it is cut or not. Although, if we do cut it, just use a clean cutter (sterilised).
Hmmm! Reflections are “interesting”. Think you were talking about “fate” or “destiny”. 😇😉
Haha suckers me first !!