I had purchased the plant online from eBay.
As per the instructions found online and as advised by the seller the orchid was planted in well draining soil in 9inch pot, given this orchid is a terrestrial one. And i watered it once a week. I also gave the plant few hours of morning sun and protected from afternoon sunlight.
I noticed that the soil was quite wet and suspecting it might become an issue i lifted the plant up from the soil a found a small lesion which i hadn't noticed earlier. Again basis online forums i planted it in a pine bark chips and charcoal mix in the same sized pot after cutting off mushy roots and applying cinnamon on the lesion. After that i have been watering it every other day but the bulb kept shrivelling and reducing in size.
Today I took it out from the pot again and i notice the bulb is slighly turned yellow on one side but it is not soft. The leaves are brittle. There are almost no roots from the bulb but there are roots from the stem.
I also notice there is some growth from the side of the pseudobulb. Not sure what it is.
When the plant arrived it was about 30-35 cms tall and the pseudobulb was slightly wrinkled but the pseudobulb itself was small ib size. Now after a couple of months the plant had doubled in size but the pseudobulb has severely shrivelled and reduced in size.
I live in a humid tropical climate - southern India and it is summer here.
Please help save this plant. What have i done wrong with this orchid? How can I fix my mistakes. Is there any chance of saving this guy? Thanks in advance.
Some photos in below link.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?...C03SndQYm84RE0
Dove orchid dying
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