Miltassia flower spike a bit brownish?

[LauraGrace]

My Miltassia Shelob has a flower spike!!

But I'm really worried about it, because it is kind of brownish/ tanish, not a bright green. There is still some green, it's about half and half. I'm worried that it is dead or dying. But I was wondering if there would be any way to save it?

[WhiteRabbit]

Sorry - that looks like a goner to me

[NYCorchidman]

It looks mostly tannish to me.
It's lost.

maybe underwatered or too much light?

[MarcoPa]

Something similar happened to my Miltonia flavescens as in posted thread, only that the drying out of the spikes (7 of them) occurred when the flowers began to open. was this the first time the miltassia produced a spike?

[rosemadder]

I have a big, mature Shelob with 2 spikes.

One is fully established with 6 open flowers that don't look ready to wilt anytime soon. (There's some petal tip damage, but my fault from banging into it) The hard tan-colored thing in the middle is a stake, but to the left on the edges of the spike branches you can see some brown, particularly running up to the base of the flowers where it blends with the brown/maroon petals.



The other spike is brand new and about a foot long. It's growing so fast I swear it's got almost a new inch daily.



Sorry about the awful, awful lighting in here! That's not just a shadow, the fresh spike has some pretty extensive dark brown areas on it. They look to me like natural mottling of some kind, just coloration in the skin.

It's hard to tell from the pics if what you've got is similar, or if the spike is drying up instead.