Cycnoches cooperi

[jaxorchidman]

Ok. I had one plant that had 2 PB's. Actually it started with 4 but two died back and the third I removed from the PB with the leaves on it. Can I take the PB that has very little to now roots and sphag. and bag it or do I just leave it out and mist it every once in awhile?? I am actually going to repot the nice plant with leaves on it until the end of December then take it out of the pot. It still has some nice pretty roots left on it. I just want to be able to make as much as I can with what I have.

Any suggestions are graciously appreciated!!!!

[kavanaru]

Just curious, why did you remove that PB without leave?


Catasetinae are desciduous plants which loose all the leave every year. The PBs without leave are used as energy and nutrients reserve, and should be therefore be kept attached to the plant until they die off (in Cycnoches, this tends to be after two - four growing periods)..

now, back to your question, as the PB has been already cut-off... keep it shaded and warm, but do not let it dry too much. It is possible that next year you will have a small growth on it, which should be handled as a very young plant (this will take few years until reaching blooming size!).

As per the plant with two left PBs, I would leave it in the pots as it is right now, and do not repot until next year when a new growth starts and the roots are at least 2-3 inches long.

[jaxorchidman]

Hey Kavanaru!!

I think what was happening is that two of the original four PB's died back and roots started to rot causing the other roots to start rotting. The third PB was starting to get soft and mushy at the top so I decided to repot. Before repotting, I decided to separate the third and fourth PB's. The Third PB had very minimal to no roots and was getting mushy at the top so that is why I made the decision to divide. I sphag. and bog the third, mushy, PB. and repotted the fourth PB with the nice long roots and leaves. It is still early in the blooming season for this plant so there is a possibility of it putting out some new growth. We'll wait and see. Does this seem like the right idea??? I just thought that I would rather try and save it now instead of letting rot spread and lose the whole plant. Thanks again!!!!!!

[Jan Pahl]

I don't know If I fully understood the question but here is my two cents....

almost all Cycnoches normally don't have more than 2 pseudobulbs (one old and one new with leaves)... 4 pseudobulb Cycnoches normally occur wen both P.B's of them instead of the more recent one start to develop new leads, at the end that behaviour ends with the more old back naturally dying, and we end whit 2 plants, one whit 2 P.B's and the other with only one...

That happens only in two scenarios, 1rst one the plant is very well cultivated, the second one the plant is reacting to excess of moisture in the roots and the related fungi attack or bacterial attack.

[isurus79]

Older p-bulbs will naturally die off. They turns yellow, get mushy and shrivel down to nothing as the plant 'consumes' them. If your growth turns brown or one of your new growths gets mushy, then you are in trouble. Pics would help though.