Vanda Crown rot

[Amanvari]

We have had incessant rain here for 2 or 3 weeks with only a brief respite for sunshine occasionally. It is the beginning of summer here, by the way....

I grow my Vandas outside and one of them has developed a yellow now "slimy" brown crown, which considering my research on the net seems to be crown rot. Any recommendations? By the way the plant has a great spike which should bloom any day now. The spike still looks great.

[Grandma M]

I had crown rot on a small vanda plant. I poured pure peroxide into the center. The plant is now recovering. Good luck.

Marilyn

[lambelkip]

pictures would help, can't say for sure what i would do without seeing it. but if you cut the top off of a vanda, it will branch off from a lower node.

[cneos]

Try tilting the vanda so that water doesn't remain in the crown.

[Ray]

Hydrogen peroxide is good, but you do need to dump the residual water after a few minutes.

Cinnamon powder is also an affective fungicide, and it helps dry the wound.

You really should do something to keep the rain out of the crown, though.

[cb977]

Whenever I see the start of crown rot, I dump in a few drops of hydrogen peroxide, let it sit for a few minutes then dump it out and sprinkle in some cinnamon. Make sure this plant's crown (and all others, actually) stays dry.

[Swamper]

Like Cneos said, hang them on their sides so rain doesn't collect there and stay overnite.

[Amanvari]

Thanks for all the help. I know that h. peroxide has helped me with crown problems (such as Rhino beetle) with palms, so I will try this out.