trying to save my cattleya

[sii]

Originally Posted by Eyebabe

Soak your hydroton or Leca 24 hours in water with some KLN...about 1 tsp per gallon.
Pot it up in your s/h pot like a cattleya that has roots. Use the necessary rhysome clip to secure it to the pot and any other necessary spikes or ties.
Keep it in a high humidity environment and water normally.
Has not failed me in a long time....
But I have waited up to three months to see growth sometimes.

I don't have hydroton. Would moss, coco husks or bark work??

[Eyebabe]

Originally Posted by sii

I don't have hydroton. Would moss, coco husks or bark work??

Sorry, when you said you went to the hydroponics store I just assume

Pot it up with bark media after soaking it the same way.

Use a rhysome clip etc to secure it. With bark mix, I tend to allow the media to be a bit on the dry side but keep your humidity as high as you can.

Cattleyas tend to root best with high humidity and low watering schedule (essentially a bit on the "dry" side).

[Otis226]

I've had a couple of catt divisions, (the poor plant divided itself when I checked the roots), doing basically nothing for me since April 1 of this year. The larger division put out two new deep purple growths after about 1 1/2 months, and I thought we were home free with that one. Then it just stopped. The second division, (smaller only ~ 3 pulbs), hasn't even done that in over 3 months. I had them in an 'ICU' type spag and huge bag situation for about 3 weeks, opening it weekly and spraying with liquid seaweed then, but I finally just hung them out in a sm. palm tree and decided theyll either sink or swim! We've had almost daily rain for the past 3-4 days, so this is the last ditch effort.
Good luck with your save and I hope it works out better'n this one so far.
Tony