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Brenda Aarts 03-06-2013 01:29 PM

White mold - looking stuff
 
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Can someone help me identify this whitish cottony stuff i came accross while repotting one of my LCs. It has no real form so I don't think it's meally....but it is scatttered throughout the media. I have stripped all old bark away from roots and am soaking in a strong hydrogen peroxide & water solution (hopefully not too strong). Leaves of the plant look clean of anything. Thanks for looking.

King_of_orchid_growing:) 03-06-2013 01:32 PM

It's nearly impossible to specifically ID fungus without a microscope.

It is fungus though. :)

I recommend changing the media out. It looks like it's time.

Brenda Aarts 03-06-2013 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:) (Post 557343)

It is fungus though. :)

I recommend changing the media out. It looks like it's time.

K thanks Phillip. So the peroxide should help with the fungus right? And yes...the plant is about a year over due as far as the repotting...guess that's what I get!

King_of_orchid_growing:) 03-06-2013 02:47 PM

The peroxide should help to some degree. I now prefer to use potassium permanganate. Super easy to use, and a little goes a very long way. Kills a wider variety of disease organisms.


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