Bulbophyllum fascinator Import

[Nish07]

Hi Guys,

I decided to get an Bulbophyllum fascinator corazonae after a while of not keeping any orchids and put it in my aroid room (I don't have frog tanks at the moment). The room sits at around 70 degrees in winter and up to 90 degrees summer.

When I got the plant, the roots were a little dark. I set the plant in some Kelpac solution for a day or so (maybe bad idea) and then stuck it in some damp sphagnum. It slowly started to lose the smaller back leaves and I noticed the roots were not looking great so I cut all of the roots off and stuck it in a cup with sphag and sealed it in a ziplock. As you can see in the picture, it looks like there's new growth but it's very slow. This has been months for any of the new growth whether roots or leaves to get to this point (and it's not far).

My question is, am I doing things right? What should I be fertilizing this thing with? When it has some decent new roots, what should I do then? Will it be a painful acclimation from what it's in now to 60 percent humidity?

Thanks!,

-Nish