So, the first orchid I bought as a seedling is coming into bloom. Literally overnight, the lower leaf bracts extending about an inch up onto the leaves turned dark brown with sticky brown exudate. I assumed I had let water get between the leaf bracts from a plant above it on the rack, so I sprayed with phyton and put it right in front of the fan. Today, the leaves started flopping to the side, so I assumed the roots must be involved. I unpotted the plant and found that the brown infection all visibly lead to one root. The root was soft and black, So I removed it by hand.
Now, this is the part I've never seen or heard of: The root was oozing pus (I mean purulent, thick, creamy yellow pus) when I pulled it off the plant. The root juncture with the plant was visibly swollen and oozed pus, when squeezed. I Had no idea where to go from here, so I soaked the plant in phyton for a few minutes and repotted it in clean medium, isolated from my other plants.
Has anyone heard of, or seen this before?? I'm sorry I didn't take pictures, but it was really quite disgusting to me. I've cared for patients with some pretty intense wound infections before, but there's something unsettling about a purulent plant infection that I am not ok with
Never seen/heard of, before...
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