help on new bought bulbophyllum phalenopsis

[catasetum-ian]

hi, i am a newbie here. just bought a bulbophyllum last week, there was a new shoot arising so i bought the plant assuming its a healthy plant. this is my first bulbo.
after five days of keeping it, i notice that the new shoot is not growing and also black spot arising from the leave and some of the black bulb as well
i took out the whole plant just to found out that there is not root formation (just repotted i assume) and the funny thing is that they nursery attached a piece of chicken dung on the black dead roots. ....dunno this is right or wrong but i removed all the dung and wash with tap water till clean
i trimmed away the leave leaving one left, cut black bulbs away leaving two and off course the shoot as well but the shoot is turning yellow little bit
MY QUESTION IS NOW I PLANTED IT ON A NEW POT, SHOULD I WATER ON DAILY BASIS OR STOP WATERING TILL NEW ROOT OR SHOOT APPEARS??
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED, THIS IS MY FIRST BULBO, SO REALLY NEED HELP HERE

[BikerDoc5968]

Not sure about all you have said here, but you said you removed the "black bulbs". Did you mean "back bulbs?" These are the old pseudobulbs that have lost their leaves but are still green and can supply food to the growing plant and shouldn't be removed until they turn brown. As far as repotting that is great but in your part of the world with all the humidity and heat, I'd water maybe every several days depending on how wet the growing medium is. Without pictures all of this is hard to talk about... not sure about the yellowing new growth but it may not make it??????? And what did you replant this Bulbo in.... bark, moss CHC (Coconut husk chips)? This will make a difference of how much to water.

[catasetum-ian]

thanks for the seedy reply. i planted in on charcoal media in a plastic pot. those psedobulbs that i trimmed away do not bear any leaf.
does that means that we should keep the medium moist and not totally dry while waiting for the new root to grow?

[Izzie]

Welcome!

The bulbs will still provide energy and nutrients to the plant with or without leaves. Next time, leave them be unless they have turned completely brown and dead.

[BikerDoc5968]

As I have said in my 1st post and repeated by Izzie, as long as the pseudo bulbs are green leave them alone with or without leaves. I don't know that pure charcoal is the best for a Bulbo but some other people on this forum may differ with me. I would add some bark. You want to keep the root area very slightly moist NOT soaking wet. Once you see new growth increase the watering. However, unless my geography is off your location should be pretty warm and humid so you may not need to water too much. Also, no direct sun... lots of light but not direct sun. While the old pseudobulbs in this picture are way too dry and that is my fault. I show this just to be sure we are all on the same page. If these should turn brown, then you would remove them, but as long as they are green they will supply food for the new growth.

[catasetum-ian]

the pseudobulbs that i trimmed away had a big round black spot on it, that is soft in center, so i trimmed it away afraid that it might eventually 'eat' up the whole plant.
here are two pics, after the trimming ....does it still look viable?
i got the pic of the bulbo this morning but dunno how to post the pic. any help please? thx
i used the insert image button but asked me to enter a url....my image is in my hard disc

[catasetum-ian]

ok, found out that the advance button had the attachment button to upload pic, so here it goes, dunno whether it will turn out or not.
by the way i added the coconut husk around the base for moisture as suggested. thanks a lot, sure hope the little guy makes it.

[BikerDoc5968]

The brown mass to the left can be removed and just nurse the remaining portion until it grows more... just be careful to water the medium and not the plant because the water might rot the new soft growth.

[catasetum-ian]

thank you very much for the advice Howard and Izzie. really appreciated it a lot.
have a nice day. thanks

[Izzie]

Good luck