small growth

[sii]

So I have been trying to coax my catt into growing something since I lost all the roots. It all started WAY back in March.

I should probably wait to cheer, but maybe I've got some growth here?!?

The 1st pic is where it all started. 2nd pic is what I saw this morning. What do you think?

edit: sorry wrong order on the pics.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Still dormant. It's not doing anything yet. Whether it will or not depends on the plant. I've seen some dormant eyes do absolutely nothing.

[orchidsamore]

Cattleya grow alone a rhizome. The later photo (the left one) shows a growing eye or also called dormant eye depending on whether it has started growing.

This is the only place the orchid will grow. After the eye begins to develop into a pseudobulb the roots will come afterward.

If the eye was not visible before then it has started growing. It should grow 4-6 inches over a summer growing season.

You can stimulate dormant eye growth with keiki pro or gibberelic acid, which is what I us in the brand Essentials.

[sii]

The pictures are the before and after. In the second picture the eye was brown. In the first picture it went from brown to green and it's raised.

I hope it's growing. I'll keep watching.

[Gage]

Looks like it's growin' to me. Good sign.

[Bud]

Congratulations, those are new roots...

[sii]

do roots grow first or bulbs?

[Eyebabe]

I don't see any new roots.
I see an eye that holds promise but it will still be some time before it grows; and it may not, especially if you keep removing it from its potting media to look at it.
New roots will usually grow only after the eye has begun to grow AND after the plant has been held stable in the media for a considerable amount of time.
I have a plant in the EXACT condition yours is in and my eye has begun to grow out as of just three weeks ago.
I waited almost one year without disturbing the plant....no kidding

For this plant, I would not remove it from the media again. There is no point since no roots are below the rhysome(s) and thus there is nothing below to "rot" unseen.
If any new roots grew from the base of the rhysome (highly unlikely) you would just disturb them.

Get it snug on the new media with a rhysome clip and let er be

Of course I am speaking only from a cattleya standpoint.

[sii]

Eyebabe,
I take her out of the media about once a week to give her a warm soak. I thought this would help move things along.

But, I could leave it be (uhm, I'll REALLy try not to look)

[Bud]

My bad, I thought the pic on the left had 4 moist new roots coming out...it was maybe the angle and lighting...