repotting small oncidium

[nenella]

Hi my 2 cents worth: your plant looks like has/has had both problems;
Too dry & Too wet ..
but be assuured it is more than 'recoverable'!!!! ...
2 of your 'older' p/bulbs are turning brown/black..
You need to check if the dark part is soft or Still hard? From your photos it looks like it's been sunburned & has had a lack of water.(not enough humidity in the air (leaf tips brown) But looks like its nice & wet... The black parts have probably developped from lack of adequate ventilation after being watered- therefore staying too wet... although your fattest/newest growth looks OK.
One thing I know is that Sharry baby definitely likes water!
My Sharry baby was in bark for a year and flowered last winter, since then I noticed some of the leaves were pleating so, I waited for new roots (also helped it along with soaking in KLN) and she is now very happy in s/h....
Are there any new roots developping anywhere? If you can post a pic of the roots - I am sure we can help you get it growing again!

[guppylove1985]

Originally Posted by nenella

Hi my 2 cents worth: your plant looks like has/has had both problems;
Too dry & Too wet ..
but be assuured it is more than 'recoverable'!!!! ...
2 of your 'older' p/bulbs are turning brown/black..
You need to check if the dark part is soft or Still hard? From your photos it looks like it's been sunburned & has had a lack of water.(not enough humidity in the air (leaf tips brown) But looks like its nice & wet... The black parts have probably developped from lack of adequate ventilation after being watered- therefore staying too wet... although your fattest/newest growth looks OK.
One thing I know is that Sharry baby definitely likes water!
My Sharry baby was in bark for a year and flowered last winter, since then I noticed some of the leaves were pleating so, I waited for new roots (also helped it along with soaking in KLN) and she is now very happy in s/h....
Are there any new roots developping anywhere? If you can post a pic of the roots - I am sure we can help you get it growing again!

Thanks for the advice! The p bulbs are discolored but still firm, and the leaves are pleated. Is pleating of the leaves undesirable? I will read up on s/h.

it would make sense that it has been too wet and too dry. For a while there I was not as diligent with watering as I should have been, and then I overcompensated by keeping it sitting in water constantly.

I trimmed off the brown tips of the leaves. There is new growth happening so I really hope I can save this plant!