We got this cirrhopetalum as well from the orchid club meeting like the stupid Brassias. Someone was giving away bare roots pieces of a bulbophyllum which I can't remember. We planted it right away on a 4" flat basket with sphagnum like we do most of our bulbophyllums. It seems to have a serious fungus problem. There were some black marks on it, but they are really bad now. I sprayed it with the copper stuff but that doesn't seem to have helped. We are going to pitch it. I want to save the flat basket though because it's new. We will bake it in the sun to get rid of any cooties. It is also not making any new growths right now. If it were growing I might be less inclined to pitch it.
Hi my name is Kelly and my boyfriend and I have become obsessed with orchids. Our collection is 50 and growing... We were living in south central Florida. We recently moved to Chicago for a minute, but then moved on to Raleigh North Carolina. We've received and taken lots of advice, but, as many people will say our process has been a huge trial and error experience. Hopefully we can help someone else in the same boat!
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Another dud plant
We got this cirrhopetalum as well from the orchid club meeting like the stupid Brassias. Someone was giving away bare roots pieces of a bulbophyllum which I can't remember. We planted it right away on a 4" flat basket with sphagnum like we do most of our bulbophyllums. It seems to have a serious fungus problem. There were some black marks on it, but they are really bad now. I sprayed it with the copper stuff but that doesn't seem to have helped. We are going to pitch it. I want to save the flat basket though because it's new. We will bake it in the sun to get rid of any cooties. It is also not making any new growths right now. If it were growing I might be less inclined to pitch it.
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