Hi! I'm totally green here.... I REALLY mean green

[Boonie Stomper]

Hopefully my being here will add a feather to my otherwise green thumbs, but I've never tried my hand at growing an orchid - until now.

I stumbled in here in a desperate search for a way to save a lovely (once?) plant I bought for my Dear Grandmother, who recently died, and reclaimed in cleaning out her residence. The photos I found here helped me (I think) to ID it as a Cattleya of some sort.

I can't remember. But all that is left is what (I think, again) you call 'pseudobulbs' - a clump of varying lengths, about 7 or 8 cigar - shape stems, with a few skinny roots coming out at some of the rings(?) along them, plus what's left of what had been in the pot the plant was in until the storm last week which tossed it out onto the ground. It has no leaves, but is green... mostly... is there any hope?



I may become a true believer and devoted to this if you can get me started properly.

I may not respond quickly at first (I'm on dial-up right now), but sometimes I can move like um, kudzu...