Cattleya Green Esmerald " Orchid Queen" - Zombie Mode 🧟

[SADE2020]

Originally Posted by realoldbeachbum

Sade - Is that a banana in one of the pics? I THINK I remember that orchids do not like to sit near ripe fruit. The experts here will know.

BTW - Poor Orchid Queen looks a lot like some of my cattleyas that are in intensive care -- awaiting the bin!) It just happens. ROBB

Haha 😂 yes, it was bananas, but the orchids were there only for a moment, to take a picture. But I never heard the ripped fruit conjure to orchids, now I'm wondering what the logic of that is.

Well...so RIP

[rbarata]

Originally Posted by SADE2020

Haha 😂 yes, it was bananas, but the orchids were there only for a moment, to take a picture. But I never heard the ripped fruit conjure to orchids, now I'm wondering what the logic of that is.

Well...so RIP

Originally Posted by SADE2020

Well...so RIP

In my opinion that is not the best solution. Patience! Patience! And dedication...not quick fixes!

[ArronOB]

Originally Posted by SADE2020

Haha 😂 yes, it was bananas, but the orchids were there only for a moment, to take a picture. But I never heard the ripped fruit conjure to orchids, now I'm wondering what the logic of that is.

Well...so RIP

I thought it was because ripening bananas produce
large amounts of ethylene. Ethylene is used as a way of force ripening fruit and flowers. Orchid flowers exposed to ethylene will ripen and die prematurely. Note it is the flower affected, not the plant.

[Leafmite]

Two years is a long time for the orchid not to try to do anything. It has missed at least one growing cycle. The possibilities:
It may not have enough energy stored in the pseudobulbs to grow.
It might have a virus that has weakened it too much that it cannot grow.
The conditions that this particular Cattleya needs are not being met.

I would toss this one.