Anguloa pseudobulbs

[2ljd]

Originally Posted by isurus79

My disclaimer for this comment is that I have never owned an Anguloa and I just recently got into Lycastes. That being said, I have seen that color of p-bulb in Dendrobiums and Catasetinae. With the Catasetinae, usually it is only one bulb that does this and gets soft. When this happens the yellow bulb is sacrificed and seems to drain and I think it is being used as food for the rest of the plant.

With multiple bulbs though (like I have on 2 of my Latouria Dends right now) it tends to be rot. Are the yellow bulbs softer than the green ones? If not, then my guess would be high light levels, though I don't understand why only the older bulbs would be affected. If your yellow bulbs are soft, then you need to unpot and perform immediate surgery to save the plant.

Thanks for the info Steve. All of the bulbs are actually pretty firm, save for the smallest orange colored bulb. I guess from everyone's experience, it could have been the light levels that the plants received prior to me acquiring them. I'll keep monitoring them.

Thanks to everyone who chimed in on the discussion!