Pleurothallis palliota leaves yellowing

[vmax3000]

Ok. There it is, all yellow and puny. It's in the air stream of the fan...maybe I should move it away from the water nozzle?

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by vmax3000

Ok. There it is, all yellow and puny. It's in the air stream of the fan...maybe I should move it away from the water nozzle?

It is difficult to "guess" from a picture but in the one photo (without the thumb) there looks like "white" on one or more leaves. Could this be mealie bug? Also the tips of your leaves look brown/black, This suggests to me that you are overfeeding in hot weather and the salts are being taken up to the tips of the leaves where they cause death of tissue. Maybe cutting down on fertilising might help
I have this species and a nice bud formed and I was waiting for it to open so that I could photograph it. Two days later I went to fetch it to photograph and Alas! the bud had gone and it looks like a seed pod is forming. Was it a snail/slug or does this species self pollinate?

[vmax3000]

My B. nodosa was self-pollinated by an ant, I am sure. I have moved the pleuro into the bathroom, for the time being. It's getting a daily misting with RO water and that's it. There are no mealies on it that I have seen, but the occasional scale, so I have been using my botaniwipes on it. Keep your fingers crossed for us....I really do like this plant!

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[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by vmax3000

My B. nodosa was self-pollinated by an ant, I am sure. I have moved the pleuro into the bathroom, for the time being. It's getting a daily misting with RO water and that's it. There are no mealies on it that I have seen, but the occasional scale, so I have been using my botaniwipes on it. Keep your fingers crossed for us....I really do like this plant!

Vanessa,
Although I grow mine on the shady side (south side) of my greenhouse, wouldn't your bathroom be too dark/wrong kind of light for it?

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[vmax3000]

My bathroom has a huge south facing bay window with puckered glass (it's wavy so that you can't see through it - good b/c the bathtub is underneath it ). Right now, my masdevallias and draculas are blooming/growing there. I figured with all of the blooming and growing of it's fellows nearby, it might be good enough to encourage growth until the hot season passes and it can return to the shady portion of my greenhouse as our rainy season begins in late September, early October. Do you think it needs more light?? Thanks for the input and questions.
I have been watching it and one of the leaves dried all the way down the stem. I have seen no new growth, yet (might be a bit premature to see growth within a couple of days, but I am an optimist ). I gave it a soaking in RO (no fertilizer) to try and leach the salts out.

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by vmax3000

My bathroom has a huge south facing bay window with puckered glass (it's wavy so that you can't see through it - good b/c the bathtub is underneath it ). Right now, my masdevallias and draculas are blooming/growing there. I figured with all of the blooming and growing of it's fellows nearby, it might be good enough to encourage growth until the hot season passes and it can return to the shady portion of my greenhouse as our rainy season begins in late September, early October. Do you think it needs more light?? Thanks for the input and questions.
I have been watching it and one of the leaves dried all the way down the stem. I have seen no new growth, yet (might be a bit premature to see growth within a couple of days, but I am an optimist ). I gave it a soaking in RO (no fertilizer) to try and leach the salts out.

and here I was thinking it would be ideal for watching the passing parade as you lay in the tub soaping yourself all over! My plant forms keikis in the leaf axil where the flower spike arises. It forms more keikis than flowers.

[vmax3000]

Originally Posted by Mike O'C

and here I was thinking it would be ideal for watching the passing parade as you lay in the tub soaping yourself all over! My plant forms keikis in the leaf axil where the flower spike arises. It forms more keikis than flowers.

I'm jealous...I'd love a keiki! I hope mine survives! I honestly hate getting a species and then, unceremoniously, killing it with plant habitats disappearing everyday. All of the brown tipped leaves are passing their "brownness" down through the stems. There will be very few leaves left, at this rate.