Okay... I bought this orchid about three years ago at the northwest flower and garden show from a grower that lives in Hawaii. It has flowered once for me and was amazingly fragrant and beautiful. I want to keep this plant alive but am having extraordinary trouble! I grow in warm-intermediate temps with a converson Metal halide on a HPS ballast. My problem is that the latest two new growths, are about six inches tall and have these black sunken spots ( more like patches rather than spots ) and I can't figure out what to do!!! I have attached a picture but it is not that great. It is definitly visible though. Is it a virus and I need to rid of it? or is it a fungus that may be controllable? any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks a bunch!!!
I just want to save my baby!!!