fusarium=death

[Coolbabe]

Thank you. I appreciate what you said. I don't feel so lost and stupid. I am nit buying anymore orchids right now. I have relocated some that have never bloomed. And I think I need to leave them alone more. It's my personality to "love" too much.

[Leafmite]

Yes, I have been through it so I understand the distress that you feel. I did really great with the orchids for many years before the Calcium deficiency 'Black Plague' (around 2005/2006?) but after my own string of orchid tragedies, I just grow some mini-Cattleyas and a few favorites... currently, a total of around thirty-five orchids. I find some orchids are really worth growing so I will probably always have those but never the large collection that I once had.

I have other tropical plants that I find very rewarding so I have been focusing on those more lately. Orchids are nice but they do not produce delicious fruit and they are not nearly as wonderful as Jasmine sambac.

[Clawhammer]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

Yes, I have been through it so I understand the distress that you feel. I did really great with the orchids for many years before the Calcium deficiency 'Black Plague' (around 2005/2006?) but after my own string of orchid tragedies, I just grow some mini-Cattleyas and a few favorites... currently, a total of around thirty-five orchids. I find some orchids are really worth growing so I will probably always have those but never the large collection that I once had.

I have other tropical plants that I find very rewarding so I have been focusing on those more lately. Orchids are nice but they do not produce delicious fruit and they are not nearly as wonderful as Jasmine sambac.

I just bought 3 sambacs! (Belle of India, Maid of Orleans, Grand Duke).

[Leafmite]

Originally Posted by Clawhammer

I just bought 3 sambacs! (Belle of India, Maid of Orleans, Grand Duke).

You are going to really enjoy them!

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Originally Posted by Roberta

I have seen "purple rings" when dividing high-anthocyanin (red/purple) plants that were perfectly healthy. And fusarium is very unlikely in my dry climate. So the purple-ring thing is not likely to be an indicator of anything. That was a Miss Orchid Girl video made some years ago. I think that she has learned better in recent years but the videos are still around. (Stuff on the Web tends to stick around forever)

She seems to indicate that something went through her orchids and did a mass eradication.... I have heard of fusarium doing that to other collections in the past. It can be very discouraging when it happens. A good systemic fungicide like Clearys 3336F Fungicide is the only thing that can stop it. I know that I nearly gave up orchids after I lost so many to Calcium deficiency (some fungus just went right through them).