What's happened to my Epidendrum?!?

[mexicowpants]

Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa

Do you supplement with calcium? I have only had the tips of new growth rot but I have had it happen to 3 of my Catt's. I started to supplement with gypsum mixed with Epsom salts and it stopped. One of my new ones rotted both new growths before I figured it out. The next two have been fine.

Not as far as I know... We use slow-release osmocote once every 3 months, and 3 weeks out of 4 we water with a weak Peters solution and an organic fertiliser made with trichoderm and molasses. We've had great results with this regimen with a large number of plants (including this one) , and the regimen has not been changed in almost a year.

Olly, it does look a bit like wilt (which I read up on a bit, and sounds icky), but it doesn't seem to be spreading, so I don't think it's that. May treat with a fungicide anyway, just to be on the safe side.

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[mexicowpants]

Update: it would seem that the cause of the problem was simply that it just didn't like being moved inside. Moved it back out to its original spot in the afternoon sun and, within a week, there was new growth,the buttons that hadn't dried were opening, and new buttons have started forming. Guess it made its point.

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[cjm3fl]

Great news.
Good to hear about the new growth!