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Originally Posted by BikerDoc5968
I have found Bulbophyllum like lots of water but the new growths are VERY sensitive to rot.
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I have found the same with the one bulbo I have.
I accidentally left it standing in water 8 hours while at work, right up so the base of the new growth was just in water. The outside of the growth was already starting to look bad when I got home (I often do the same with Phals/Dens/Paphs and see no sign of problems in that length of time).
I had another growth some time back which just started showing similar signs of early rot just from the damp bark around it.
However it also seems to need more water than I'm managing to give it.
(As a slight aside, I saved the first growth that had started to rot by first off catching it early, and second by coating the outside of the affected area with cinnamon as soon as I saw it. I'm hoping I've saved the more recent one in the same way but it's a bit early to tell).