Wrinkly and yellow tolumnia leaves - Orchid Board

Roberta · #1 03-19-2022, 06:56 PM

If the roots look good, it has a good chance, though the leaves don't look great. If the leaves are on an old fan (I can't see a new one) the new roots could all be for the new one, I think that it is 'way too wet - tolumnias need to dry out pretty much completely between waterings. What are your temperatures? They typically don't want to get cold. They can grow pretty bright... filtered sun or bright shade.

2SadDeadPhals · #2 03-19-2022, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Roberta

If the roots look good, it has a good chance, though the leaves don't look great. If the leaves are on an old fan (I can't see a new one) the new roots could all be for the new one, I think that it is 'way too wet - tolumnias need to dry out pretty much completely between waterings. What are your temperatures? They typically don't want to get cold. They can grow pretty bright... filtered sun or bright shade.

Hi! Thank you for responding. Yes, the leaves look progressively worse every week

I have it where it receives 12 hours of supplemental grow light + natural filtered bright sunlight for maybe 3-4hours. Humidity here in NYC is very low in winter. It has been 25-40%. Temp has been 20-25C consistently, and I have been drying out completely between waterings. It just gets super dry super fast in my environment.

The new fan is VERY SMALL and is very dark in color, so it is very hard to see. It's been extremely slow growing.

Not sure what it wants, and I I am growing a ton of houseplants on the shelf (Hoya, peperomia, jade, palm) with no issues, so I am stumped. Poor little guy. I wish he could tell me what's wrong!