Crown Rot and New Side Growth on Angraecum Sesquipedale

[Maxxism]

Hey Everyone! I had crown rot and lost the top leaf on my Angraecum, now it looks like it's putting out a new plant from the side in between a couple of the lower leaves, (do we call this a keiki, or is that only when they grow from a flower spike?). Question is, what's best for this plant? Should I remove the new growth (if so, when is best, and how?), what about the mother plant? Will it ever recover from losing the top leaf? It looks kinda ratty overall, think it's just trying to make a new (and better start) with this new growth. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Roberta]

Let it be! The new growth has a long way to go before it can be separated safely. Force of nature... the new growth will draw energy from the mother plant. Plenty of orchid plants have succumbed to the trauma of having human aesthetics imposed on them. Orchids have evolved to be very efficient at "recycling" tissue that is no longer growing (think back bulbs, spikes that remain green after flowers are gone). Let the plant do what it needs to do to survive and thrive.

[estación seca]

Welcome!

Leave it alone, as Roberta said. I'm not sure you got crown rot... it would be unusual to stop at just one leaf. There might have been something else happening. I suspect your plant will push another leaf from the top and resume growing, along with the side growth.

[bil]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Welcome!

Leave it alone, as Roberta said. I'm not sure you got crown rot... it would be unusual to stop at just one leaf. There might have been something else happening. I suspect your plant will push another leaf from the top and resume growing, along with the side growth.

Yeah, I agree. If that's crown rot then I'm a monkey's uncle.
That just looks like a dead leaf. I'd hit it with fungicide and pull the leaf.