Cattleya New Growths...Please Advise... - Orchid Board

barry593 · #1 07-09-2013, 10:07 PM

Hi Everyone,
I would really like to thank everyone here at the forum for the advise and suggestions they have given me for my questions, they have all been spot on. As a newbie, invaluable. I have a Golden Emperor Cattleya from a nursery, about 16 inch high on 2 pseudobulbs with numerous 6 inch and several very small leaves coming out the base of the plant. The 2 large pseudobulbs have new leaf growths coming right out the side of them and new root growth. Will these new leaf growths turn into new pseudobulbs? Should I repot now? This plant seems to be thriving in the small pot from the nursery and I don't want to stump its growth. Any advise would be greatly appreciated!

Barry

tucker85 · #2 07-09-2013, 10:27 PM

Could you post a photograph?

silken · #3 07-09-2013, 10:29 PM

Yes, a photo really helps

barry593 · #4 07-09-2013, 10:30 PM

Sorry, right now I have no way to post pics...working on it! These are definitely new leaf growths at almost 2 inch long looking like sheath after sheath after sheath all compacted growing upwards. The leafs/pseudobulbs they are growing from are very long leaf 5 to 6 segments themselves. Plant has never produced flowers as I can tell, no sheath/stem cuttings.

silken · #5 07-09-2013, 11:04 PM

Yes, these will eventually have pseudo bulbs the same as the mature growth that produced each new one. In some Catts they are more obvious than others. Some are long and narrow more like a stem and others are fat and round.

The best time to re-pot is when you see new root growth starting. That way the new roots will adapt easier to the new media than the old ones. It varies and some will produce the new roots later while others produce it when the new growths are rather small.

james mickelso · #6 07-10-2013, 01:56 AM

Leave this potted as is. Unless we can see what we are talking about it may not be wise to repot at this time. It won't hurt to wait until we can see a pic or four. Sounds like it is a young plant with a couple matured pbulbs that are growing new pbulbs. These may or may not produce roots now and most likely won't as the new leaves have not grown yet. Only sheaths. Roots normally don't come out of the sheaths until those sheaths are dry and papery. So just wait until you can post a few pics so we can tell how far along it is.