Removing damaged leaves
Hi - I have a Dendrobium that I purchased in '97 for $10 at Home Depot - it has faithfully bloomed every year since and is just a little ol' lovely plant. Last summer we had extremely warm, humid weather (over 100 for a few days running). I had my orchids outside, in the shade, but obviously in the heat. I noticed that the Dendrobium started having white strangeness on the leaves later in the fall. I believe the spots may be related to the heat - don't know for sure. Anyway, this little thing proceeded to give me a spike with about 6 flowers on it around Christmas and 2 new healthy leaf growths. I am assuming with these events, that the plant is o.k. Question is - can I cut off the older leafs with the spots? They are really making the rest of the plant look terrible. If not, I guess I'll have to live with it but this has been such a good plant for so long and has always looked healthy - would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks very much.
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