Leaf issues on 5 orchids!!

[msadrienne]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

That doesn't look like Dendrobium - Oncidium maybe. Can you post a pic of the plant?

If Onc. They can be prone to spots. Leaf looks quite limp. How are the roots?

I took a picture of the leaves as they fall. The lighting is off but I'm not quite sure what this is.

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[sweetjblue]

In that last pic of your last Cym it looks like you might have a case of mealies. I see alot of white in the bracts of the leaves by the p-bulbs.

Judi

[msadrienne]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Cyms are usually semi terrestrial. Media should not dry out.

The brown spot in the second pic could be fungal (it happens with cyms) or just the leaf starting to die naturally. You can cut off that area.

How else do the leaves look wonky?

No that's just it. That brown yellow leaf. It had another one but the big one looked bad to me compared to the others at the store. Most of them seemed like babies with green leaves but I loved the blooms on this one. So the coloring is ok? It's not dying or anything. Will the leaves get any darker?

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by sweetjblue

In that last pic of your last Cym it looks like you might have a case of mealies. I see alot of white in the bracts of the leaves by the p-bulbs.

Judi

Check this ... hard to tell from pix...

[msadrienne]

Originally Posted by sweetjblue

In that last pic of your last Cym it looks like you might have a case of mealies. I see alot of white in the bracts of the leaves by the p-bulbs.

Judi

I looked and don't see that, took another picture just in case

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by msadrienne

No that's just it. That brown yellow leaf. It had another one but the big one looked bad to me compared to the others at the store. Most of them seemed like babies with green leaves but I loved the blooms on this one. So the coloring is ok? It's not dying or anything. Will the leaves get any darker?

Different hybrids may have differences in the foliage color. That said, too dark green foliage may be from insufficient light.

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by msadrienne

I took a picture of the leaves as they fall. The lighting is off but I'm not quite sure what this is.

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That's an Oncidium alliance intergeneric hybrid. Are these photos pre or post leaf issue?

[msadrienne]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

That's an Oncidium alliance intergeneric hybrid. Are these photos pre or post leaf issue?

Thanks for the identification! This plant is very new so it's looking how I bought it. Meaning the leaf spots and other stuff was already there. These pictures are taken just now. Do you see other issues?

[RosieC]

I can't see a problem with the first one (the oncidium as Sonya has identified). This is normal for oncidiums so I wouldn't worry about that one.

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Originally Posted by msadrienne

The next two were already returned, but I want to know what happened so I can prevent it on my other orchids. These two are phal's. What causes this leaf change? I know it can't be good.

The second picture looks like sunburn. I can't see what's wrong in the first phalalenopsis picture.

[msadrienne]

Originally Posted by RosieC

I can't see a problem with the first one (the oncidium as Sonya has identified). This is normal for oncidiums so I wouldn't worry about that one.

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The second picture looks like sunburn. I can't see what's wrong in the first phalalenopsis picture.

OK, I just thought those little lines meant something but I guess not. The other one I may have put too close to the window. Are the flowers in phal's supposed to wither one by one? Some of them are doing that but look fine otherwise.