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“It’s so hard to keep being loved, sob.. sob….” — a speciosum.
But hey mate, I love your collection. They all look so healthy and the light green color of the leaves is perfect.
Can’t wait to see they flower. I really hope mine will flower soon.
From the appearance the leaves look crinkly and dehydrated. This indicates the roots are in poor state. Fertilising the plant when dormant, low temperature, too much moisture could be the causes.
I would suggest: take the plant out from the pot and remove all the bark media, give it a good wash then use a sterilised cutter remove all the rotten roots. Spray the remaining roots throughly with hydrogen peroxide, then let it dry in a cool ventilated place for about half an hour. Then use fresh sphagnum moss or fine grade bark and pot it up, choose a pot just big enough to hold all the roots. Over potting is very bad so choose the pot size carefully.
Keep the plant in a well ventilated place with low to medium light. It will take a few months before a new shoot appears. Do not fertilise until you see new roots are beginning to grow under the new shoot. If you fertilise any earlier, it could really set the plant back again.
I have recovered three plants in this state, hopefully it will also work for you. Good Luck!
How about creating a new topic for this. I will also be good if Chris can outline what types of plants he will bring.
Thanks for mentioning. I realised this only recently 🙂 Next time I will know where to put my flowering seedlings.
Growing seedlings is like keeping an unopened present for a few years before knowing what it is like 😉
Thanks for the comment. It is a slow grower, so I will persevere for a couple of years to see how it looks like when fully grown.
The frames of my orchid benches are built from treated pines, which will have a life expectancy of 15 years. Yours is much much stronger, life time guarantee assured 🙂
