Keiki leaf yellowing with spots..

[spaceman]

Hi,
Can someone please tell me what happened to my keiki ?



I live in florida and the orchids are outside hanging from a lattice ( not potted ). I spray water on the roots every other morning. Is it due to over watering?
Thanks

[Swamper]

Hey spaceman welcome to the board. I don't know at this point what happened it looks sorta advanced whatever it is, maybe if it's high on the lattice it got sunburned? What type of orchid is it? Is it still attached to mom? Hopefully someone with more keiki knowledge will be able to help you real soon.

[BikerDoc5968]

SpaceMan, hard to tell from the pic you've posted because we can't appreciate the entire plant. I will assume this is a phalaenopsis keiki. Phal's will turn yellow normally when the leave has lived as long as it is going to live...Old leaves die off and look like your pic...but without seeing the whole thing, kinda hard to tell

[spaceman]

Sorry, didn't have any good shots of the whole plant. I'm attaching the best one I got.
It is a Phal keiki, and about 4 inces tall. Its growing on a stem that doesn't have any roots but seems to be green (rest of the plant was tossed).
The keiki has healthy looking roots tho.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to look.

[lostonthebeach]

It looks like a Dendrobium keiki. The roots look a little small and the cane dried out. You can try keeping it on a bed of Spag moss in order to provide a little more moisture to the cane and hence to the keiki. You could also plant the keiki with a piece of the cane in medium and treat as you would a small seedling.
Keep it out of direct sunlight to prevent further drying. Good luck. I am sure others will chime in with advice.

[justatypn]

I am with you lost it looks like a dendrobium keiki. With living in Florida and growing this baby outside I find it hard to believe it's being over watered. I grow indoors and water/mist mine twice a day. I would place this keiki w/cane in a pot with sphag and will be easier to control the watering and maintain an enviroment to the dendrobium liking. It is not abnormal to have keiki's lose a leaf or two, noting mine have done the same and still holding on. Low indirect lighting works well.

[spaceman]

Thank you for your help. As some of you pointed out, I'm probably mistaken in identifying the plant and it may as well be a dendrobium ( threw out the original few months ago).
I'm attaching some fresh shots I took, if that helps. ( I'm also getting a lesson in photography here .)

As you can see, two of the three leaves are drying, with some spots. As I'm a newbie, I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to be looking for - hence the pictures.
Thanks

[BikerDoc5968]

I've never done anything with dendrobiums but the roots look like the are close to making it on their own....maybe remove it and pot it up in a fine to medium size bark mix and see what grows....'cause right now it looks not too good to me but then what does an old F@^T like me know!!!

[justatypn]

Spaceman, if the rooting system looks healthy with that you should be able to freshen the mother by cleaning the sheath by removing it as well as the keiki. Whats up with the tree moss, looks good but personally knowing what pest moss carry's in it's path I would remove it.